Kenora
Association for Community Living is vitally interested in the health and safety
of its employees. Protection of employees from injury or occupational disease
is a major continuing objective. Kenora Association for Community Living will
make every effort to provide a safe and healthy work environment. All
supervisors and workers must be dedicated to the continuing objective of
reducing risk or injury.
Kenora
Association for Community Living, as the employer, is ultimately responsible
for workers health and safety. As Executive Director of Kenora Association for
Community Living, I give you my personal promise that every reasonable
precaution will be taken for the protection of workers.
Supervisors will
be held accountable for the health and safety of workers under their
supervision. Supervisors are responsible to ensure that machinery, equipment,
and workplace are safe and that workers are in compliance with established safe
work practices and procedures. Workers must receive adequate training in their
specific work tasks to protect their health and safety.
Every worker must
protect his or her own health and safety by working in compliance with the law
and with safe work practices and procedures established by the company.
It is in the
best interest of all parties to consider health and safety in every activity.
Commitment to health and safety must form an integral part of this
organization, from the President to the workers.
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In addition to
preparing a Health and Safety Policy like the one attached, the employer must
also have a program in place to implement that policy. This program will vary,
depending upon the hazards encountered in a particular workplace. Program
elements may include all or some of the following:
1)
Worker
training (e.g. new employees, WHIMIS, new job procedures)
2)
Workplace
inspections and hazard analysis
3)
Analysis
of the accidents and illnesses occurring at the workplace
4)
A formal
means of communication to address promptly the concerns of workers
5)
Maintenance
and repairs
6)
Housekeeping
7)
Emergency
procedures
8)
First Aid
and rescue procedures
9)
Electrical
safety
10)
Fire
prevention
11)
Back Care
Fitness and Training