Health and Safety
The Occupational Health and Safety Act sets
out the rights and duties of all parties in the workplace. Its main purpose
is to protect workers against health and safety hazards on the job. The
Act establishes procedures for dealing with workplace hazards,
and it provides for enforcement of the law where compliance has not been
achieved voluntarily.
The guide to the Occupational
Health and Safety Act explains what every worker, supervisor, employer,
constructor and workplace owner needs to know about the Act.
Almost every workplace in Ontario is covered by the Act and regulations.
Chapter 3, Who
is Covered by the Act? lists work and workplaces not
covered.
The Ministry works closely with its agencies, safe workplace associations
(SWAs),
worker training centres and clinics, and the Canadian Centre for Occupational
Health and Safety. For more information about these organizations and
other sources of health and safety information, see our list
of occupational health and safety resources.
Features
The Intervention Strategy to Reduce Workplace Injuries
Report:
Report to Minister Peters on the Treatment of Firefighter Cancer Claims by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Workplace Violence
Learn more about workplace violence.
Guidelines:
Pains and Strains
Learn more about what workplace pains and strains and what you can do to help prevent them.
Young Workers
The Ministry of Labour has important information to help young people and others about to enter the workforce for the first time.
Farming Operations
Learn more about farming operations.
 Urgent Advisories
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