Services
CORE SERVICES
Integrated Service Model:
- Certification Training for Joint Health & Safety Committees
- Occupation Health and Safety Training customized to your needs, including WHMIS, Forklift Training/Licencing, Due Diligence, Competent Supervision, Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Policies and Procedures and topics specific to your workplace.
Client Base:
- Primarily Ontario - 150 Industry/Business Sectors
- Canada-wide expertise
Extended Services:
- Engineering Consulting
- Environmental Safety
- Quality Management
- Technical Training
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Comp Advantage Inc. offers Occupational Health and Safety programs that will ensure full compliance with jurisdictional and organizational standards. Program delivery is focused on effective communications and practical outcomes.
Service Elements:
- Workplace Inspection for Legislative Compliance
- Health & Safety Hazard Assessment
- Health and Safety Program Development
- WHMIS Audits / Compliance Training
- Health and Safety Audits - Workwell Compliance
- Supervisor and Employee Safety Training
- Accident Investigation
- Basic Certification / Workplace Specific Hazard _Certification Training - Legislated
- Development of Client Specific Policy and Procedure _Manuals
- Physical Demands Analysis
- Fork Lift Training/Licensing
Service Model:
Our programs are delivered in-house (where possible) to provide the optimal opportunity for "hands-on-learning", and immediate practical application to your workplace.
Detailed proposals and cost estimates are prepared for each project and submitted for approval before work commences.
WORKWELL
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) performs on-site health and safety evaluations of workplaces that have consistently poor safety records. Based on these evaluations, employers may be subject to increased premium charges and other surcharges. The WSIB Workwell evaluator audits workplace conditions by touring the workplaces, examining health and safety programs, observing health and safety practices, and interviewing workers. Evaluated employers receive a report on health and safety problems found in their workplace and recommendations for improvement. If you are being evaluated under Workwell, you can find more information here.
The Evaluation Process
Employers are notified in writing of the impending health and safety evaluation under Section 82 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA). A Workwell evaluator will contact the employer to set up an appointment for a visit.
During the visit, the Workwell evaluator will meet with the employer and a worker representative and will spend a half-day up to a full day to:
- Observe the firm's practices and procedures and health and safety program in action;
- Conduct random interviews with workers on-site;
- Review relevant documentation.
After the visit, the Workwell evaluator will send each participant involved in the evaluation process a completed report. The scoring is "all or nothing", meaning no credit is given for meeting part of the requirements of a particular element. The completed report may also be sent to the MOL and your industry's safe workplace association. If your organization does not achieve the 75% passing score, you will have six months to demonstrate improvement. At that time a second evaluation will be completed.
If your organization fails the second evaluation, an additional charge is applied to your premium. This can range from 10% to 75% of your base annual premium depending on the extent and seriousness of the health and safety program shortfalls.
How can Comp Advantage Inc. help?
Comp Advantage Inc. will perform a shadow Workwell evaluation to estimate your organization's score. We can then assist with health and safety policy development and implementation and provide in-house training.
Why wait for a WSIB evaluation when it is easier to implement safe work practices and programs on your own terms and timelines?
If you have concerns about your organization's risk exposure related to Workwell, please call Tom Plant 1-888-852-2667 or Dennis Carter 1-800-361-2667.
