The IHSA Safety Podcast is a free podcast from the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association that seeks to improve the lives of workers in Ontario; one thought-provoking discussion at a time.
<p>We engage with professionals and industry influencers to help them implement and improve health and safety solutions for workers and the workplace. Each episode explores best practices, resources, and training to control and eliminate safety hazards in work environments involving high-risk activities in the industries that IHSA serves: construction, transportation, and electric utilities
There’s a reason why thousands of Ontarians take working at heights training each year. In the industries IHSA serves—but especially the residential construction sector—many common tasks put workers at risk of falling from heights. That’s why the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development (MLITSD) is conducting a year-long education and enforcement campaign to help improve compliance when it comes to protecting workers from falls.
Cindy Abbey, a provincial specialist with the Ministry’s Construction Health and Safety Program, joins this episode of the IHSA Safety Podcast to explain why falls awareness remains a Ministry focus, and what inspectors look for when they visit a workplace. IHSA’s Scott Laing also details the association’s many resources—available to employers, supervisors, and workers—that are designed to make everyone safer when working at heights.
Free resources:
Fall Prevention and Working at Heights topic page
Fall Prevention toolkit
Working at Heights quick-reference guide
Top 10 Causes of Workers Falling from Heights in Residential Construction
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