The Safe At Work Ontario strategy includes the development and implementation of sector-specific enforcement strategies. To inform interested stakeholders and organizations, the manner in which the Ministry of Labour (MOL) will enhance health and safety compliance in each of the sectors, the Ontario Ministry of Labour has prepared sector plans.
The purpose of the Ministry of Labour's new compliance strategy is designed to improve the health and safety culture of workplaces and reduce workplace injuries and illness. As part of Ontario's ongoing efforts to help reduce workplace injuries, inspectors are “blitzing” industrial, health care, construction and mining workplaces and/or sites over the next month and throughout the year, to help eliminate specific hazards.
As described by the government, each sector plan contains a brief description of some of the main topics that an inspector may address in the workplace.
While each workplace is unique and the circumstances presented to an inspector may result in a different inspection focus, the sector plans are a general overview to the MOL's focus within the sector.
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The Industrial Sector plan can be accessed
here.
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The Health Care Sector plan can be accessed
here.
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The Mining Sector plan can be accessed
here.
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The Construction Sector plan can be accessed
here.
By Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B., Managing Editor at HRinfodesk.com
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