Lightning Safety Tips | When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors

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Lightning Safety Tips | When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors

LightningHave you ever taken a moment to look out your window during a thunderstorm and felt like the lightning has struck a little too close to home?  Lightning can be a beautiful yet frightening weather phenomenon that can cause a severe safety hazard if you are not sheltered. 

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Ontario First Aid Kit Regulations for WSIB

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Ontario First Aid Kit Regulations for WSIB

In Ontario, employers are required by law to provide adequate safety and first aid training, facilities, and materials to their employees.

The requirements for a First Aid Kit, training, and facilities varies depending on how many people are employed at your company. Whether you have one single employee, or over 200, you must have a first aid kit available and under the charge of a first aid certified employee, that follows the guidelines provided by the WSIB. Each workplace at minimum must contain a first aid station that includes the following:

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Why Employers Must Provide First Aid And CPR Training?

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Why Employers Must Provide First Aid And CPR Training?

All business owners and managers have an obligation to keep the workplace safe. To do this involves three basic elements: steps to prevent or minimize accidents, adequate first aid supplies and proper first aid and cpr training.

Every employer should provide training to make sure its employees know what to do, how to do it and who is in charge in case a first aid or emergency situation occurs.

Proper first aid training not only satisfies provincial requirements, but fosters good will among employees, who recognize the care that their company expends to provide a safe and healthy environment for its most valuable asset: its employees.

Whether employees work in a high-hazard or low-hazard environment, they face a variety of risks. Shock, bleeding, poisonings, burns, temperature extremes, musculoskeletal injuries, bites and stings, medical emergencies and distressed employees in confined spaces are just a sampling of the first aid emergencies which might be encountered in your business.

These risks are compounded when employees don’t feel well. Their lack of concentration can result in costly injuries. Continue reading Why Employers Must Provide First Aid And CPR Training?