Responsibilities:
Employer's Responsibilities
As your Employer we are responsible for ensuring that our workplace health and safety program meets or exceeds legislated health and safety requirements.
We shall: - Ensure that equipment, materials and protective devices as prescribed are provided, maintained in good condition and used as prescribed.
- Provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to protect the health and safety of the worker.
- Include health and safety provisions in our Management system.
- Reach and maintain a consistently high level of Health and Safety requirements.
- Work with labour representatives to create and work on a joint health and safety committee.
- Be prepared for health and safety inspections.
- When appointing a supervisor appoint a competent person.
- Work in compliance with Canadore Health & Safey Policies and Procedures, the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations, and the Workplace Health and Safety Act.
President's Responsibilities
While everyone has a responsibility for health and safety, one member of the Management Team has the ultimate responsibility to oversee and implement policies and procedures. That person is our President. His/her duties are as follows:
- Prepare and review the written corporate health and safety policy.
- Assign and review the development of an occupational health and safety program and implement the policy.
- Provide the necessary resources to implement, support and enforce the health and safety policy and program with the College.
- Promote the exchange of health and safety information with outside groups such as Safe Communities Groups or Safefty Associations.
- Review accident reports and communicate with government agencies, unions and other organizations regarding legally required notices respecting critical injuries, accidents, or incidents.
- Conduct an annual health and safety policy and program review meeting with Vice Presidents, Directors, Managers, and Chairs.
- Attend at least one health and safety committee meeting each year.
- Conduct periodic unannounced audits of the safety program including records, procedures, training, hazard analysis, discipline and corrective actions taken.
Supervisor's Responsibilities
Anyone who has authority over a worker or charge of a workplace is a supervisor by defnition in the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Ontario.
As such our Supervisors include:
President, Vice Presidents, Directors, Managers/Chairs/Supervisors.
When considering the responsibility for Health and Safety within their span of control our Supervisors will:
- Ensure that a worker works in the manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures required.
- Ensure that a worker uses or wears the equipment, protective devices or clothing that the College requires to be used or worn in accordance with the legislation.
- Advise a worker of the existence of any potential or actual danger to the health or safety of the worker of which the supervisor is aware.
- Take every precaution reasonable under the circumstances for the protection of employees in a timely fashion.
- Ensure that appropriate training, orientation, instruction and supervision is provided to employees in order to protect their health and safety.
- Ensure that preventive maintenance programs are in place to ensure good condition of equipment, materials vehicles, and protective clothing and devices.
- Ensure that regular workplace inspections are conducted and corrective action taken to prevent accidents.
- Ensure that "safety is a priority" and is promoted by example by coordinating regularly scheduled safety meetings for staff.
- Work in total compliance with the Canadore College Health and Safety Policy, and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Worker's Responsibilities
No Worker shall:
- Remove or make ineffective any protective device without providing an adequate temporary device and when the need for removal has ceased, the protective device shall be replaced immediately.
- Use or operate equipment in a manner that may endanger himself/herself or any other worker.
All Canadore College Employees must:
- Work in compliance with the Canadore college Health and Safety Policies and Procedures, provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act & Regulations, and the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act.
- Use and wear protective clothing as required by Canadore College.
- Report the absense of or defect in any equipment or protective device.
- Report any incidents or accidents resulting in potential loss or damage and those requiring first aid or medical attention to their supervisor immediately.
- Participate in safety education meetings and cooperate in any investigations.
Contractor's Responsibilities
All contractors and sub contractors who submit proposals to complete work required by Canadore College must:
- Provide satisfactory evidence, i.e. Certificate of clearance showing good standing with the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board of Ontario
- Perform duties in complianced with applicable Legislation. e.g. Occupational Health and Safety Act & Regulations, and the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act.
- Work cooperatively with Physical Resources and Canadore College Safety Representatives to ensure minimal risk of injury to employees, students and visitors.
- Submit a copy of their Health and Safety Policy and Program if they employ more than five workers as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- Submit copies of Safety Performance Records.
- Comply with Canadore College Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.
- Ensure that employees are properly licensed, qualified as required by contract, and trained for their duties.
- Provide and maintain necessary safety equipment for employees.
W.S.I.B Claims Manager's Responsibilities
Terms of Reference:
Reporting to the V.P. Administration, the W.S.I.B. Claims Manager shall act as management representative, (ex-officio), to the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committtee.
He/she shall assist the College Safety Officer and Senior Management in Health and Safety and W.S.I.B Claims Management functions, as follows:
- Ensure health and safety policy defining College commitment and responsibility is in place and reviewed regularly
- Attend all meetings of the Joint Occupational health and Safety Committee.
- Generate an on-going safety awareness attitude in all staff through disclosure of topical information relating to health and safety issues.
- Ensure that the College workplace health and safety program meets or exceeds legislated health and safety requirements
- Ensure managers and supervisors are cognizant of their responsibilities and accountability for health and safety withing their operating area.
- Ensure that staff are cognizant of their responsibilities and accountability for performing their tasks in a safe manner.
- Accompany Safety Officer and staff representatives on safety inspections of all College Facilities as required.
- Assist the Safety Officer with accident investigations and ensure clear written procedures for investigating accidents are in place.
- Coordinate and implement workers' compensation claims management program to ensure an injured worker's claim is managed in an efficient and timely manner.
- Coordinate modified work programs within the College in conjunction with Workplace Safety & Insurance Board Rehabilition representatives.
- Provide and arrange professional development for all staff in regards to health and safety training.
Safety Officer's Responsibilities
Terms of Reference:
The Safety Officer shall be responsible to the Director, Physical Resources in matters of Occupational Health and Safety and shall be a member(ex-officio) of the Safety Committee
The Safety Officer's Duties are as follows:
- Ensure that due diligence is undertaken to ensure the health and safety of all employees.
- Advise and assist staff and supervisors on particular occupational health and safety matters.
- Coordinate, on a regular basis, inspections of all College equipment, places, processes and working practices in order to indentify hazards and recommend remedial action.
- Take appropriate action to investigate all accidents, injuries, job related illness, incidents and reported hazards.
- Ensure that recommendations are made and properly followed up with respect to accidents, injuries, job related illness, incidents and reported hazards.
- Keep necessary records and submit reports as required.
- Maintain a liaison with external safety and accident prevention agencies.
- Attend all meetings of the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee.
- Coordinate health and safety educational programs within the College community.
- Ensure Emergency Preparedness Plans are in place.
- Conduct regular audits of first aid boxes and fire extinguishers.
Student and Visitor's Responsibilities
- Canadore College is committed to ensuring the health well being and safety of all its users, including staff, students, visitors, and contractors.
- All are encouraged to report identifiable hazards to minimize risk of injury to anyone.
- Students' and visitors' suggestions are always welcome.
- Should you identify any hazards please call:
Bruce Sutherland at 474-7600, ext. 5542.
or Steve Laughlin at 474-7600, ext. 5149. - Safety concerns may also be submitted to the Safety Officer by use of our Health and Safety Action Request Forms, which can be found here forms
- Canadore College will endeavor to investigate all safety concerns and take every reasonable precaution to correct the problem.
