Province is also updating requirements for mandatory working-at-heights training
Six health and safety associations across the province, including one that serves the North, will share in provincial funding of $12.5 million to help boost operations.Workplace Safety North is among the funding recipients. The Sudbury-based group provides information, resources, events, consulting services and province-wide, ministry-approved workplace health and safety training to the mining and forest products industries.
The organization recently hosted its 25th annual conference, April 18-20, which was themed Evolution of Mining Safety: Past Reflections and Future Innovations. The province simultaneously announced it is updating mandatory working-at-heights training requirements for workplaces across the province. Training providers have until April 1, 2024 to update their programs, ensuring they meet the requirements of the revised standards.In addition, training providers must meet the following requirements:
The province noted that together, the health and safety associations delivered more than 64,000 training sessions last year, and more than one million workers have successfully completed standardized working at heights training since the program’s inception.
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