OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH WEBINARS

Starts This Thursday!

OHCOW's free, weekly Occ-tober Webinar Series will present a variety of expert speakers on Occupational Illness and Disease Prevention topics that impact your work and health. All webinars are from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET. Please register in advance.

October 31, 2024 OHS Prevention Works

• Reviewing initiatives to control workplace hazards
• Quantifying prevention measures

November 7, 2024 What you can’t see can still harm you!

• Dangers of invisible airborne silica
• The Silica Control Tool, adapted to Ontario construction industry

November 14, 2024 Can you assess exposures you can’t measure?

• Exposure control banding: a process to recognize and control the risk of hazards when measurements and limits are not available.

November 21, 2024 How can your respirator stop things smaller than the filter?

• News about respiratory protection against bio-aerosols.
• Selecting the appropriate protection.

November 28, 2024 Can we prevent what we can’t see?

• Increase knowledge of workplace exposures, which can not always be seen!
• Ontario’s Health and Safety System can identify hazards and implement effective control measures

NEW VIDEO SERIES

Back Injuries and Manual Material Handling Video Series

This series of eight videos was produced by OHCOW Ergonomists as a complement to the MLITSD Industrial Sector Compliance Initiative on Material Handling . This year-long enforcement campaign focuses on workplaces where materials, articles or things are lifted, carried, or moved, puttinh workers at risk of injury. Watch now to understand and prevent common injuries!

LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know that Cancer Care Ontario has estimated that 15% of Lung Cancer diagnoses are work related?

OHCOW is making tools available to those who risk lung disease and cancer due to hazardous exposure in the workplace, specifically the Silica Control Tool, created for the construction industry and adapted for Ontario workers. See more information about Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

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