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NOW AVAILABLE IN ONTARIO Workers and employers in the Ontario Construction Industry can receive…
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Introduction One of the biggest challenges for workplaces today is achieving a balance between the demands of work and employees' mental health and wellness. Workplace stress is a serious health and safety hazard that can have devastating effects. Creating safe and equitable working conditions, in which safety and wellness issues are taken seriously and promptly addressed, means a more productive work environment. When a workplace prioritizes work/life balance, everyone benefits. That's why OHCOW offers tools, webinars and…
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Apps, Tools and Calculators OHCOW's popular tools and calculators are always being updated for ease of use and to reflect changing factors in work environments. In the past year, some tools that were previously just available on an Excel Sheet are now moved…
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CASE 6: Milton Courthouse Mould CASE 7: Methoxyflurane Exposure CASE 8: IPF in Foundry Worker CASE 9: Asbestos Related Cancer CASE 10: Pipefitter's…
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Message from Chair and CEO On behalf of David Chezzi (President and Chair of the Board) and Michael Roche (CEO) we welcome you to the 2023-2024 Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers…
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Despite recent policy changes by Ontario’s Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) that make it much easier for workers exposed to McIntyre Powder aluminum dust at gold and uranium mines between 1943-1979 to claim compensation for Parkinson’s disease, only a fraction of those eligible have been compensated. The issue…
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Introduction We experience noise and sound constantly in our daily lives, normally at safe levels. However, sound can permanently damage one's hearing when it occurs at high frequency and duration. If noise levels are too loud, even for short periods, it can cause noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), also called permanent threshold shift (PTS). NIHL is one of the most common work-related…
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Psychosocial Risk Factors Non-physical aspects of the workplace developed through workplace culture, policies, expectations, and the social attitude of an organization (CCOHS, 2017). Includes both objective demands and subjective assessment of a worker’s ability to perform the demands. When workplace psychosocial risk factors place demands on workers that are greater than their ability to cope, they will experience stress. Stress can contribute to poor mental and physical health which can contribute to the development of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) (CCOHS, 2017). Examples of Psychosocial Risk Factors Job Demands: mental and physical…