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Question for you:
How do you see workplace safety evolving over the next decade?
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Yet challenges remain. New technologies, remote work, psychosocial risks, and climate change continue to test how we think about safety. The spirit of the OHSA reminds us: protecting workers is never “done”—it’s a living responsibility that must be renewed every day.
I’ve shared some reflections on the history, impact, and future of the OHSA in my latest article.
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From the early struggles that led to the Ham Commission, to the introduction of WHMIS and the right to refuse unsafe work, the OHSA has transformed workplaces across the province. It gave workers rights, established shared responsibility, and set the foundation for prevention.
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🔎 46 Years of Ontario’s OHSA – Why It Still Matters Today
On October 1, 1979, Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act came into force. It was more than just legislation—it marked a cultural shift in how we think about work.
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Remember the ‘Let it Rip’ COVID strategy? That’s what the US is now in for in every possible category. #ClimateChange, #EnvironmentalProtection, #FoodSafety, #OHSA. You name it.
That’s what ‘dismantling the administrative state’ means.
If signed into law it goes into effect July 1st.
Just for fun: on July 1, 2023, the high temperature in Tallahassee, Florida was … 99°.
https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/KTLH/date/2023-7-1
New hi-tech but same old enemy in the BlueOval SK Battery Park plant. Kentucky
https://labornotes.org/2024/02/fords-battery-flagship-socked-mold-sickness-workers-say
#Batteries
#electricvehicles #Ford #IBEW #Kentucky #OHSA #Union
The smell of mold hit James “Lucky” Dugan the moment he walked into the plant. Last fall, Dugan was one of thousands of union construction workers to arrive in small-town Glendale, Kentucky, to build a vast factory for Ford and SK On, a South Korean company. The plant, when completed, will make batteries for nearly a million electric pickup trucks each year. When Dugan walked in, huge wooden boxes containing battery-making machines, largely shipped from overseas, were laid across the mile-long factory floor.
A new proposal by the Ontario government would see regulations added that the province says will better protect workers in Ontario by limiting heat stress and heat-related illnesses, as temperatures across Canada and the globe continue to rise due to climate change.
@KanonicallyKanon I once worked at an office with a bunch of standing desks that all had these drawing tablets, one day one of them came loose and fell on a guys foot, breaking a few toes.
Our boss at the time got fined by the labor inspection for inadequately fastening equipment & for not mandating that the /office workers/ wear steel toe work boots.
The one in the video looks front heavy and not bolted down.
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