you think the cn tower looked dangerous? you should try exiting through and then turning around to slam "death door" closed behind you, while holding INSANELY frisky horsies...do NOT get me started on the path to the paddocks, or the condition of the gates when you reach the top of the treacherous hill...
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employees have a responsibility to make their bosses aware of any dangerous situations they encounter in their work. otherwise, they may not be covered by WISB should they actually ever get hurt on the job!
The Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) sets out the rights and duties of all parties in the workplace. Its main purpose is to protect workers against health and safety hazards on the job. The Act establishes procedures for dealing with workplace hazards, and it provides for enforcement of the law where compliance has not been achieved voluntarily.
Effective June 30, 2006, OHSA became applicable, with some limitations and conditions, to all farming operations that have paid workers under the Act. According to the Ontario Ministry of Labour, .... "By giving the same basic rights under the Occupational Health and Safety Act to paid farm workers that are already given to other Ontario workers in provincially regulated workplaces, these workers will be better protected and farms will be safer."
Prior to June 30, 2006, OHSA had not applied to farming operations, although it may have applied to a narrower range of activities taking place on a farm. Farming operations had previously been exempt from the requirements of OHSA.
It is important that employers, supervisors, and workers on farming operations be aware of their new duties and responsibilities under OHSA.Information Bulletins, Facts Sheets, Guides, and Website links can be found via the Ontario Ministry of Labour's website @ the following link: http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/farming/index.html
The Guides are particularly useful. One guide explains what every worker, supervisor, and employer needs to know about the Act as it applies to farming operations.Another provides guidelines on the following topics: 1. Tractors and other Self-propelled Farm Equipment. 2. Farm Equipment, 3. Large Animal Handling, 4. Personal Protective Equipment, 5. Falls, Slips and Trips, 6. Hazardous Atmospheres and Confined Spaces, 7. Lockout Procedures, 8. Occupational Illness. As part of training employees, "farm operators" need to make certain the OHSA considerations are factored into the training equation in your equine business
