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Blitz Reports

Slips, Trips, Falls

From February 2 to March 15, 2015, Ministry of Labour inspectors conducted an enforcement blitz at industrial workplaces in Ontario. They focused on hazards involving slips, trips and falls.

Inspectors visited a range of industrial workplaces and checked that employers were properly assessing and addressing hazards that could cause workers to slip, trip or fall, as required by the:

Occupational Health and Safety Act

Regulations for Industrial Establishments

The goals of this blitz were to:

·         Raise awareness of slips, trips and falls at workplaces

·         Increase workplace compliance with the law and

·         Prevent injuries and illnesses that could arise from unsafe work practices

Ministry inspectors conducted 1,084 visits to 946 workplaces and issued 3,603 orders under the OHSAand its regulations. This included 65 stop work orders. Some of the workplaces were visited several times.

The top three most frequently issued orders involved employers’ failure to:

Keep floors and other work surfaces free of hazards and accumulations of refuse, snow or ice

·         Maintain equipment, materials and protective devices in good condition

·         Provide mandatory general awareness health and safety training to workers and supervisors

Vocabulary:

Work - trabalho

Injure - lesões

Safety - segurança

Workers - trabalhadores

Labour - trabalho

Worplaces – local de trabalho

Hazards - perigos

Falls - quedas

Slips - escorregões

Trips - tropeçar

O texto relata que e comum encontrar situações de risco para quedas, escorregões e tropeços nos locais de trabalho. A blitz tem o objetivo de conscientizar e treinar os profissionais em seu ambiente de trabalho.