Safety Scoops & Articles
May 2025 Safety Scoop: Vibration Awareness in the Workplace
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May 2025
This month we would like to highlight Vibration Awareness in the Workplace
In the dynamic work environment, the impact of vibration often goes unnoticed. Yet, vibration can have profound effects on employees and the work they perform. From the subtle hum of machinery to the more intense vibrations felt in industrial settings, understanding the sources and consequences of vibration is crucial.
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What is Vibration?
Harmful effects & symptoms
Categorizing Vibration
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April 2025 Safety Scoop: Incident Reporting
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April 2025
This month we would like to highlight Incident Reporting
An incident is an event that results, or has a potential to result, in damage, harm, or injury.
Incident reporting is crucial in maintaining a safe workplace. It helps us:
Identify Hazards
Prevent future incidents
Ensure compliance with Alberta Law
Here's the scoop:
Why reporting matters
What to report
How to report an incident
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Principles of Workplace Investigation
This 1-day course will give participants an understanding of the purpose and benefits of conducting a thorough investigation and the steps to follow to gather evidence and prepare an investigation report.
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March 2025 Safety Scoop: Upcoming March 2025 OHS Code Changes
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March 2025
This month we would like to highlight the upcoming March 2025 OHS Code Changes
Every 3 years, the government of Alberta has committed to conducting a review of certain elements of the OHS Act, Regulation and Code.
This is to ensure the legislation stays as current and relevant as possible.
Here's some of the changes:
Revised definitions
Repealed repetitive or conflicting information
Amended parts
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Navigating Alberta OHS Legislation
This ¾-day course gives the participants a basic understanding of the structure of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety legislation. Participants will learn to successfully navigate the OHS Handbook by completing individual exercises and activities. Upon completion of this course you will understand the structure of the OHS legislation, be able to navigate and locate specific topics within the legislation, and be introduced to the OHS website and the resources it offers.
Each participant will receive a current OHS Handbook to participate in this course.
*PREREQUISITE FOR LEADING SAFETY*
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February 2025 Safety Scoop: Effective Leadership for Promoting Workplace Safety
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February 2025
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This month we would like to highlight Effective Leadership for Promoting Workplace Safety
Effective leadership is essential for guiding organizations toward success and achieving long-term goals. A strong leader sets a clear vision, motivates teams, and creates an environment of trust and collaboration.
By making informed decisions and navigating challenges, leaders drive growth, foster innovation, and ensure that individuals are empowered to reach their full potential.
Here's the Scoop:
Roles of Leadership in Safety
Key Leadership Traits
Building and Maintaining a Safety Culture
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Leading Safety
Ensure your supervisors and managers are fully trained!
Leading Safety is a 2-day course targeted toward developing safety conscious leaders by supplying the necessary tools and educational practices to allow them to effectively influence safety culture.
This course will assist workplace leaders in ensuring compliance with company health & safety system policies and fulfilling legislated health & safety responsibilities. By the end of the course, employers, managers, and supervisors will be able to measure their success through trending statistics, performance observation, enforcement, training & education, and developing a productive and inclusive workplace.
Workplace leaders will learn to incorporate health & safety into everyday planning, create and maintain a safe work environment, and make a lasting contribution to the reduction of incidents by applying the principles learned in the pre-requisite Navigating Alberta OHS Legislation course.
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January 2025 Safety Scoop: Slips, Trips, & Falls
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January 2025
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This month we would like to highlight Slips, Trips, & Falls
Slips, trips, and falls are among the top 3 most common injuries to occur in the workplace. Slips happen when there is not enough friction or grip between the walking surface and a person’s footwear.
By identifying the common causes for slips trips and falls, we can be proactive and put corrective actions in to place prior to an incident happening.
Here's the Scoop:
Hazard Controls
OHS Prevention
Statistics
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December 2024 Safety Scoop: Mechanisms of Injury
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December 2024
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This month we would like to highlight Mechanisms of Injury
Injuries can happen in the workplace at any time. Mechanisms of Injury (MOI) refers to the method in which an injury occurs. Including the force, direction and body part(s) affected at the time of an injury.
Understanding Mechanisms of Injury is important as it allows us to decipher the significance of the injury as well as the care and rehabilitation required to recover. All bodies will recover at different rates and in different ways.
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Mechanisms of Injury
Minimizing Injury
Hazards
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November 2024 Safety Scoop: Confined Space!
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November 2024
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This month we would like to highlight Confined Space!
For workplaces that involve confined spaces, mastering safety protocol is essential. Numerous variables must be considered when determining the appropriate methods and equipment to use in such environments. Safe practices in confined spaces are critical, whether working within a factory, maintaining equipment and utilities, or performing emergency rescues.
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Understanding risks
Training
Rescue planning
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October 2024 Safety Scoop: Lock Out, Tag Out
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October 2024
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This month we would like to highlight Lock Out, Tag Out
Lock out is the use of a single lock or multiples locks to render machinery or equipment inoperable or to isolate an energy source.
The purpose of lock out is to prevent an energy-isolating device from accidentally or inadvertently being operated while workers are performing maintenance on machinery or equipment.
Here's the Scoop:
What is Lock Out Tag Out?
Why is Lock Out Tag Out important?
What is Tagging Out?
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This ½-day course introduces participants to the principles of how to properly use energy isolating devices and the tag out labeling process to increase safety and reduce risk in the workplace. Whether you are a newly hired worker or an experienced employee, this program will expand your knowledge of LOTO procedures.
The LOTO course summarizes the key components of a LOTO program and is intended to guide you in understanding the aspects of a Lock out/Tag out system.
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September 2024 Safety Scoop: Stress Management - Collab with Thriving Workplaces!
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September 2024
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This month we would like to highlight Stress Management - A Collab with Thriving Workplaces!
Stress management involves strategies and approaches designed to help individuals cope with and mitigate the effects of stress on their physical and mental health. Stress can arise from various sources, including personal life challenges, major life changes, and especially the workplace.
Effective stress management in the workplace is crucial for maintaining both individual well-being and organizational efficiency. This month's Safety Scoop, in collaboration with Thriving Workplaces, leads us through strategies to build resilience in the workplace and finding balance in our physical and mental workloads.
Interested in more? Join Brandy from Thriving Workplaces in a webinar hosted by the MHSA as she instructs us on Finding the Balance Between Priorities and Capacity.
This webinar will be taking place on October 24, 2024 from 12 - 1 pm. Register now!
Thank you to those of you who tuned in to this week’s webinar presented by EHS Partnership’s Ltd.
It provided fantastic directions on how to reasonably incorporate machine guarding and safety into our Health & Safety Management systems in an approachable way, depending on the types of machine hazards faced. As well as touched on the applicable legislation and industry standards to reference when doing so.
If you missed out on this webinar or if you’re interested in more information, reach out to Kristen Petaski at EHS Partnerships Ltd. kpetaski@ehsp.ca
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August 2024 Safety Scoop: Noise Exposure & Hearing Protection
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August 2024
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This month we would like to highlight Noise Exposure & Hearing Protection
Noise exposure is one of the most common workplace hazards. Using guidelines established through experiments, we can determine if the level of sound is tolerable or dangerous to your hearing.
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What is noise?
Nosie Exposure assessment
Noise Management program
And more!
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