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Ontario's official health & safety training centre. We offer the highest quality training for employers, workers, worker reps and supervisors in all sectors.

05/06/2026

Falls are a leading cause of worker injuries and deaths in construction. Employers must ensure workers who may use fall protection equipment complete working at heights (WAH) training.

For continued compliance, employers must also ensure workers they employ complete an approved WAH refresher program every three years. As Ontario’s only government-designated health and safety training centre, we can help. https://ow.ly/g24E50Z5hKQ

03/06/2026

As summer hiring starts, by law employers must train, supervise, and protect new workers, educating them about workplace hazards, safety rights, and safe work practices before work and hazardous tasks begin.

Painful stories in the past show what can happen when new workers enter unsafe workplaces without the protections or training, they need and deserve. A new worker may not know what questions to ask. They may worry about seeming uncooperative or inexperienced. A quick orientation isn’t enough.

Our training can help protect them https://ow.ly/SMNo50Z4s9e

01/06/2026

Businesses large and small have the same duties to protect worker health and safety. But many small businesses aren't meeting legal requirements even though their workers are often exposed to high hazards. IWH's recent study addressed research gaps in new and small businesses and occupational health and safety.

“Small businesses are a vital engine in our economy, but it is clear too many lack the tools and confidence to keep workers safe,” says WHSC's ED Andrew Mudge. Learn more - https://ow.ly/Fluy50YZ7tA

25/05/2026

Supervisor failures in planning, supervision and hazard control, led to a valve rupture, flooding an underground chamber and killing a worker. As Justice P.T. O’Marra explained his decision, “The facts demonstrate multiple deficiencies in safety controls and preparedness at the time of the work.”

The tragic incident highlights dangers of high-hazard environments like confined spaces and need for quality worker and supervisor training. https://ow.ly/bXHB50YVKZH

22/05/2026

Report by the Business and Human Rights Centre links 584 companies to 747 alleged cases of migrant worker abuse, highlighting serious gaps in worker health and safety. Many workers experienced multiple abuses simultaneously, pointing to systemic risk rather than isolated incidents.

Migrant workers were frequently exposed to unsafe worksites, extreme weather, and even conflict zones without adequate protections. Supply chain structures, especially excessive subcontracting and poor purchasing practices, contribute directly to these unsafe conditions.

Broader global pressures such as conflict, climate change, and restrictive migration policies further increase the danger by pushing vulnerable workers into dangerous, unregulated environments.

Improving worker health and safety means stronger supply chain transparency, proactive hazard identification, and worker-centered investigations. Companies must ensure safe working conditions, respond quickly to reported hazards, and provide remedies. https://ow.ly/Vh1150YrYzK

21/05/2026

WHSC student scholarship contest now open for 2026! Share a workplace hazard experience (real or potential), its health impact, employer's response, and what should have been done to prevent it.

It's an important issue because new workers are up to three times more likely to be injured.

Eight scholarships of up to $6k for winning submissions. Apply here - https://ow.ly/a3uH50YVGvO

19/05/2026

The horrifying story of Carly, a forensic mental health worker, shows preventing workplace violence needs more than policies. It demands standardized, scenario-based training, better staffing, security controls, stronger recognition of work hazards and enforceable laws.

Workplace violence is a systemic problem, one that workers pay the price when “training” becomes inconsistent, interpretive, or treated as optional until something goes wrong. Quality training is a great start - https://ow.ly/XTWQ50YVGaz

07/05/2026

Disconnect in compensation and prevention of work mental stress needs resolution, says WHSC Executive Director Andrew Mudge. Workers deserve more than compensation. Hazards should not be allowed to persist. Root causes need to be tackled. https://ow.ly/H4hK50YOCn1

06/05/2026

Violence/harassment, underreporting, weak responses & administrative reprisals are a few factors making schools hazardous. Stronger, enforceable and enforced laws, training and worker engagement can combat it. WHSC training can help too - more at https://ow.ly/fMOK50YNF3z

05/05/2026

Andrew Mudge, WHSC's ED, shines a light on Ontario's rise in work-related mental stress and WSIB accepted claims -- more than 2x in last decade. Why are the they rising? And why are we not preventing harm in the first place? https://ow.ly/H4hK50YOCn1

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