Health and Safety

• Meal and break periods at work during COVID-19
• Surface rock drill rig equipment
• Using scientific evidence and principles to help determine the work-relatedness of cancer
• Resources to prevent COVID-19 in the workplace
• Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Alert: Silica exposure during countertop manufacturing and installing
• Report: Occupational Health and Safety in Ontario (April 2018 - March 2019)

• Guide to the OHSA
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
• Health and Safety Awareness Training
• Mandatory Workplace Poster
• Healthy and Safe Ontario Workplaces Strategy
• Report an Incident
• File a workplace health and safety complaint
• Reprisals

• Construction
• Occupational Health Hazards and Illnesses
• Joint Health and Safety Committees
• Lifting Equipment
• Ergonomics in the Workplace

• Posting Requirements
• Small businesses
• Working at Heights Training
• Workplace Mental Health
• Workplace Violence and Harassment

Workplace fatalities have a tremendous impact on families, workplaces and communities.

View Fatalities (Updated April 2018)

Workplace Injury and Fatality Trends in Ontario

April 20, 2021
Worker's Injuries from Construction Site Fall in Waterloo Results in $60,000 Fine for Innisfil Company

April 7, 2021
Worker's Fall from Catwalk Results in $65,000 Fine for Quarry Operator

March 29, 2021
Worker Struck by Falling Tubing, London Company Fined $75,000

More Court Bulletins

July 28, 2021
Mining Health and Safety Regulatory Amendment Proposal

July 14, 2021
Consultation on Improving Health and Safety Requirements relating to Tower Cranes

July 12, 2021
Proposal to Amend Ontario Regulation 213/91 - Construction Projects to Modernize the Notice of Project Requirements 

More Notices

The ministry works closely with its partners to protect worker's health and safety on the job.

Association for workplace tragedy family support.