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Disclaimer: The contents of this newsletter are for general information only. This information does not substitute or supersede legislative and/or other applicable requirements for achieving and maintaining the CORTM Standard in Ontario.
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• Safety Auditing News • Certificate of Recognition (CORTM) Resources • Infrastructure Health & Safety Association
(IHSA), CORTM and Other Safety News • Provincial Health & Safety Initiatives • The Ministry of Labour (MOL) News
In this Issue:
Safety Auditing News
• First Audit Year: 2017 • Total # of CORTM External Audits conducted: 33 • External Audits completed in the current year: 3 • Recent audits:
o 2 audits in progress
CORTM Resources
CORTM Certified Companies (currently listed – 433) https://www.ihsa.ca/cor/need-more-help
CORTM Associate Auditors (currently listed – 16) https://www.ihsa.ca/COR/Coordinate-Your-External-Audit.aspx
IHSA CORTM Handbook https://www.ihsa.ca/PDFs/COR/cor-handbook.aspx
FAQs about CORTM https://www.ihsa.ca/cor/FAQs-About-COR.aspx
CORTM 2020 Program Guideline http://www.ihsa.ca/pdfs/cor/2020/cor-2020-program-guideline.pdf
CORTM 2020 FAQs http://www.ihsa.ca/pdfs/cor/2020/cor-2020-faqs.pdf
Government of Canada: Risk-informed decision-making guidelines for workplaces and businesses during the COVID-
19 pandemic https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/guidance-documents/risk-informed-decision-
Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development: Resources to prevent COVID-19 in the workplace
https://www.ontario.ca/page/resources-prevent-covid-19-workplace
The IHSA COVID-19 Resources
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https://www.ihsa.ca/pdfs/alerts/COVID19/guidance-on-on-site-sanitation-during-covid-19.pdf
IHSA Guidance on worker procedures (handling paperwork) during COVID-19 https://www.ihsa.ca/pdfs/alerts/COVID19/guidance-on-worker-procedures-handling-paperwork-during-covid-19.pdf
IHSA Guidance on cleaning and sanitizing inside your vehicle during COVID-19
https://www.ihsa.ca/pdfs/alerts/COVID19/guidance-on-cleaning-sanitizing-inside-your-vehicle-during-covid-19.pdf
IHSA Guidance on fuelling of vehicles during COVID-19
https://www.ihsa.ca/pdfs/alerts/COVID19/guidance-on-fuelling-of-vehicles-during-covid-19.pdf
IHSA Hosts Webinar on COVID-19 Construction Health & Safety Practices (http://www.ihsa.ca/News-Events/Latest/IHSA-Hosts-Webinar-on-COVID-19-Construction-Health.aspx)
Provincial Health & Safety Initiatives - Construction
SUPERVISION IN CONSTRUCTION
Phase 1: Education, outreach and awareness May 4, 2020 to August 7, 2020
Compliance support with the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association Phase 2: Inspection blitz
July 2, 2020 to August 7, 2020 Focused inspections
(https://www.ontario.ca/page/workplace-inspection-initiatives)
(https://news.ontario.ca/mol/en)
CORTM Element 13 – Legislation
Terms and Definitions: IHSA/CORTM Definition: The legislation governing workplaces in Ontario is known as the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The "Act" is the LAW and is common to all workplaces regardless of the type of work being done.
Source: https://www.ihsa.ca/resources/legislation.aspx Other Comparable Definitions: Requirement - need or expectation that is stated, generally implied or obligatory. Legal requirements and other requirements - legal requirements that an organization has to comply with and other requirements that an organization has to or chooses to comply with.
Source: ISO 45001:2018
considered when planning jobs
supervisors
workers
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Good Practice:
13.1 Is health and safety legislation (all acts and regulations that apply) considered during the job planning process?
a. Implement a system to track ALL acts and regulations that apply to your business. Considerations may be
given to legal registries, task and/or hazards databases with corresponding acts and regulations, or legislative
requirements by job, etc.
Example of a hazard assessment / database with applicable legislated requirements:
13.2 Are copies of relevant legislation readily available at each workplace as required?
a. Health, safety and environmental legislation may fall under Federal, Provincial or Municipal Jurisdictions:
• Federal (Justice Laws Website): https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/
• Provincial (Ontario e-Laws): https://www.ontario.ca/laws
• Municipal: By-laws
b. Identify what applies to your business and make copies of relevant legislation readily available at each
workplace. The below table lists some of the key Acts and Regulations that may apply to your workplace.
Act Regulation Jurisdiction Application
Provincial General Health and
R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
Provincial Field / Construction
R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
Establishments https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/900851
Provincial Facility
R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
And Safety Awareness And Training https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/130297
Provincial Training
R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
Provincial Designated
R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
Provincial Confined Spaces
R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
Hazardous Materials Information
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R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
Defined https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/900834
OF DISCHARGES https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/980675
MANAGEMENT https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/900347
Provincial Waste
1997, S.O. 1997, c. 16, Sched. A https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/97w16
Provincial WSIB Claims
1997, S.O. 1997, c. 16, Sched. A
R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1101: FIRST AID
REQUIREMENTS https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/901101
1997, S.O. 1997, c. 4 https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/97f04
Provincial Fire Protection
O. Reg. 213/07: FIRE CODE https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/070213
Provincial Fire Protection
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/t-
19.01/
Provincial Dangerous Goods
13.3 Have supervisors been trained on their rights and responsibilities and how to exercise them?
a. Have all supervisors complete the “Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness in 5 Steps”
https://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/training/supervisors.php (Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills
Development)
b. If training is conducted in-house, make sure that the training meets the requirements of O. Reg. 297/13:
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARENESS AND TRAINING
(https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/130297).
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Note: For the purposes of CORTM audits, Supervisor is as defined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O.
1990, c. O.1 (https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90o01):
“supervisor” means a person who has charge of a workplace or authority over a worker; (“superviseur”)
13.4 Have workers been trained on their rights and responsibilities and how to exercise them?
a. Have all workers complete the “Worker Health and Safety Awareness in 4 Steps”
https://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/training/workers.php (Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills
Development).
b. If training is conducted in-house, make sure that the training meets the requirements of O. Reg. 297/13:
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARENESS AND TRAINING
(https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/130297).
13.5 Are legislated posting requirements being met?
a. Visit the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development website to check the requirements for posters in
the workplace (https://www.ontario.ca/page/posters-required-workplace).
• Employment Standards in Ontario https://files.ontario.ca/employment-standards-in-ontario.pdf
• Occupational Health and Safety Act: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90o01
• Health & Safety Policy
• In case of injury poster ("1234"): https://www.wsib.ca/sites/default/files/2019-
03/0082c_0218_1234poster_eng.pdf
• The Ministry of Labour Orders and Reports
• Notice of Project
• First Aid Certificates
• Spill Procedures
Useful Links
https://www.ihsa.ca
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministry-
labour-training-skills-development
https://www.wsib.ca/en
https://www.ontario.ca/laws
https://www.ccohs.ca
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