Safety and Health Programs

An employer shall establish a written workplace safety and health program for each workplace where 20 or more workers of that employer are regularly employed.

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The number of workers employed at a workplace shall be determined by averaging, over the previous 12 months, the number of full-time and part-time workers present each working day.

Useful Fact Sheets

• First Aider Requirements

• Contents of a First Aid Kit

• New Worker Orientation and Training Guide SWMB

• Safety and Health Orientation Requirements​

• Seasonal Worker Orientation SWMB

Related Infographics

Documentation You Must Have

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Statement of Commitment

• Safety and Health Policy Statement (sample)

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Statement of Responsibilities

• Statement outlining roles and responsibilities (sample)

Training Plans and Orientation

• Schedule of Training

• Training Records​

• Documented Orientation

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• Certificates/Mandatory Training etc

Emergencies

• Identification of all type of emergencies

• Procedures for each type​

• Training Required

  • Emergency contact sheet​

  • In the event of a fire​

• Qualified First Aiders

  • Poster​

Incidents

• Reporting

• Recording

• Investigating

  • Causation Questions​

  • Investigating Workplace Incidents Guide

• Trend Analysis

• Right to Refuse Investigations

Inspections

• Schedule of types of inspections of workplace, equipment, activities

• Who needs to do inspections

• Inspection Checklists (sample)

• Action Plans

Hazard Identification and Control

• Critical Job Inventory

• Hazard Identification

• Risk Assessment

• Job Hazard Analysis

• Safe Work Procedures (sample)

• Confined Space Assessments/Permits to Enter

• Working Alone Procedures

• Harassment Prevention Policy (sample )

• Violence Assessment (sample)

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Biological and Chemical Substances

• Lists

• Safety Data Sheets

• Training

• WHMIS Training

• Storage

• PPE

Contracted Workers on Site

• Criteria for selecting contractors

• Exchange of safety information

• Monitoring

Evaluation and Continuous Improvement
 

Activities You Must Carry Out​

Participation in Safety

• Safety Committees

• Safety Representatives

• Safety Meetings

• Safety Bulletin Board

>> SAFEWork Manitoba's guide to all of the above 

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Incidents​

• Investigating

  • Causation Questions​

  • Investigating Workplace Incidents Guide

• Trend Analysis

• Right to Refuse Investigations

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Biological and Chemical Substances

• Lists

• Safety Data Sheets

• Training

• WHMIS Training

• Storage

• PPE

Contracted Workers on Site

• Criteria for selecting contractors

• Exchange of safety information

• Monitoring

Supplies You Must Make Available

Emergencies​

• Rescue Equipment

• First Aid Equipment

• Fire fighting equipment

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