Hazard Assessment and Control:
a handbook for Alberta
employers and workers
Hazard assessments and controls help build safe and healthy workplaces. They
are at the core of every organization’s occupational health and safety program.
The hazard assessment and control process provides a consistent approach for employers and workers to identify and control hazards in the workplace. It allows everyone to focus their efforts in the right areas, and to develop worker training, inspections, emergency response plans, etc., specific to the hazards at their work sites.
Alberta’s occupational health and safety laws require employers to conduct hazard assessments and to eliminate the identified hazards. If they cannot be eliminated, the employer must introduce controls to protect against the hazards.
Bill 47: Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020
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Controlling Exposure: Protecting Workers from Infectious Disease
WorkSafe is currently advising employers and workers that special precautions for COVID-19 are not required, beyond the recommended measures to prevent common respiratory viruses like influenza.
These measures include:
- Wash your hands often, and always after coughing, sneezing, or blowing your nose.
- Wash with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or, if soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
Back Injury Prevention
Syncrude investigates fatality at its Aurora site
At approximately 9:30 p.m. on January 19, Syncrude emergency crews responded to reports of an incident at its Aurora site involving a contract worker. Unfortunately the worker was fatally injured despite emergency response efforts.
Man killed after delivery truck rolls onto him in Calgary industrial incident
According to Calgary police, a 40-year-old mechanic was underneath the truck when it rolled onto him.
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Construction accident in Alberta’s energy sector kills two workers
Source Energy Services says in a statement that the contractors died on Tuesday during work on additional storage capacity for what’s known as fracking sand at the company’s terminal near Fox Creek, about 260 kilometres northwest of Edmonton
A 57-year-old man died Monday after a workplace incident at a business in Spruce Grove, west of Edmonton.
A 57-year-old man died Monday after a workplace incident at a business in Spruce Grove, west of Edmonton.
The mishap happened around 1 p.m. at Grove RV & Leisure, Occupational Health and Safety spokesperson Charity Wallace said Tuesday.
The incident involved “towing a fifth-wheel RV with a tractor,” Wallace said.
OHS officials are still investigating, she said.
The death is the latest in a string of recent workplace fatalities in Alberta.
On March 4, a 37-year-old man died after being struck by a vehicle at a business on a rural property south of Grande Prairie. The vehicle was backing up when it hit the worker, RCMP said.
Later the same day, a 45-year-old man died in Leduc when he fell from a fourth-floor balcony at an apartment building that was undergoing renovations.
This week, a 31-year-old man suffered fatal injuries Monday after being struck by heavy machinery at a worksite about 60 kilometres south of Grande Prairie.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/worker-killed-rv-business-spruce-grove-1.5054083