Guides & Toolkits

Landscape Ontario WORKPLACE SAFETY TAILGATE TALKS For the Landscape Industry WSPS.CA

• Cover
• IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
• DISCLAIMER
• OUR OBJECTIVE
• INTRODUCTION
• Complying with the Occupational Health & Safety Act (OHSA)
• Encouraging a Positive Health and Safety Culture in our Workplace
• Worker Behaviour is the Turning Key in any Safe Working Environment
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Critical Injuries Need to be Reported to the MLITSD
• Plan to Return to Work After an Injury
• Training Tips
• How to Facilitate Workplace Safety Tailgate Talks
• How to Use this Tool:
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Symbols
• Equipment Hazard Symbols
• General Health & Safety Best Practices
• AERATORS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES (ATVs)
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• BACKING UP
• Prevention Points
• BIOHAZARDS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• CARTS, DOLLIES, WHEELBARROWS AND PALLET LIFTERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• CELL PHONES
• Prevention Points
• CHAINSAWS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• COLD STRESS AND WORKING IN COLD WEATHER
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• CONCRETE WORK
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• Chemical Hazard
• Concrete Mixing
• Concrete Forms
• CUTTING, SAWING, DRILLING, OR CHISEL USE
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• DIGGING
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• EDGERS (POWERED)
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• ELECTRICAL HAZARDS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• Sun Exposure
• Severe Weather (Snow, Ice, Tornadoes)
• Cold and Hot Weather (see Heat Stress and Cold Stress)
• EXCAVATIONS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• Trenching and Shoring
• FALL ARREST
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• Equipment
• Procedures
• Emergency Preparedness
• FATIGUE AND REACTION TIME
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• FERTILIZER SPREADER
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• FIRE
• Prevention Points
• Fire Types
• Fire Safety Tips
• FORKLIFT
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• FUELLING
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• Gas
• Propane
• GRINDERS AND CHIPPERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• HAND TOOLS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• HEAT STRESS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• HEDGE SHEARS – POWERED
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• HOURS OF DRIVING
• Prevention Points
• Daily Requirement
• Mandatory Off-duty Time
• Cycle Requirement
• HOUSEKEEPING
• Prevention Points
• LADDERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• Before use:
• Set up:
• LEAF BLOWERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• LIGHTNING
• Prevention Points
• LINE OR STRING TRIMMERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• MATERIAL HANDING – MANUAL
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• MATERIAL HANDLING – MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• MOWERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• Riding Mowers/Lawn Tractors
• Mowing on Slopes
• MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (MSDs)
• Prevention Points
• PERSONAL HYGIENE
• Prevention Points
• Proper Hand Washing
• PESTICIDES
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• PLANTING
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• Mechanical Tree Planting
• PLATE COMPACTOR
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• PORTABLE CRANES, RIGGING AND LIFTING MATERIALS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• POST HOLE AUGERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• POWER TOOLS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• PROPANE
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• PRUNERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• PUBLIC SAFETY
• Prevention Points
• ROTARY TILLERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• SHOVELLING
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• SKID STEERS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• SNOW BLOWER
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• SNOW PLOWING
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• Snow Plow Blades
• STONE SAWS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• SUN EXPOSURE
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• UV Protection
• TRACTORS AND EQUIPMENT
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• TRAFFIC CONTROL
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• TRUCKS AND TRAILERS – CIRCLE CHECK
• Prevention Points
• TRUCKS AND TRAILERS – LOAD WEIGHT
• Prevention Points
• TRUCKS AND TRAILERS – LOAD SECURITY
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• Hitching Tips
• TRUCKS AND TRAILERS – DRIVING
• Prevention Points
• UTILITIES
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Equipment Hazards
• Prevention Points
• WATERING HOSES
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Prevention Points
• WHMIS
• Personal Protective Equipment
• WHMIS Pictograms
• Prevention Points
• Working with Chemicals
• Controlling Spills
• REFERENCES
• Legislation
• Standard
• Guidance Documents
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