We provide a wide range of services including assessments, program development, training and advice. Using the approach of anticipation, identification, assessment, control, and communication, we deal with issues such as accident investigations and statistics, audits and inspections, first aid, asbestos and other Designated Substances, mould, noise, ergonomics, chemical safety, heat/cold stress, indoor air quality, materials handling, lockout-tagout and working at heights and in confined spaces.
Services
- Accident and Injury Reporting
- Asbestos
- Cleaning Bird and Animal Urine, Feces and Nesting Areas (PDF)
- Cold Stress (PDF)
- Confined Spaces (Program) (PDF), Appendix A (PDF), Appendices B-F (PDF), Appendices G-J (PDF) and Restricted Spaces (Standard) (PDF)
- Ergonomics (office)
- Fall Protection (Work from Elevated Heights) (PDF)
- First Aid Program (PDF) and Training
- Heat Stress (PDF)
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA) (PDF)
- Kitchen Safety Guidelines (PDF), Posters (PDF) and Health and Safety Ontario Information: Baking and Cooking (PDF), Preparing Foods with Knives (PDF), Working in Dishwashing Areas (PDF) and Working in Service and Pickup Areas (PDF)
- Ladders Portal (PDF)
- Lead Program (PDF) and SOPs (PDF)
- Lifting Devices (PDF)
- Loading dock Guidelines (PDF), Appendix I – Ideal Lift (PDF), Appendix II – Loading Dock Safety Checklist (PDF) and Appendix III – Sample Posters (PDF)
- Lockout or Tagout (PDF) and Lockout Procedures (PDF)
- Machine Safety Guidelines (PDF)
- Mould Control Program (PDF) and Procedures for Remedicaiton of Fungi (Mould) in Indoor Environments
- Noise (PDF)
- Scaffolds (PDF)
- Scented Products Guidelines
- Silica (Crystalline) (PDF)
- Workplace Violence (links to: Policy with respect to Workplace Violence (PDF) & Workplace Violence Program (PDF))
- WSIB Coverage and Information (for more information on WSIB coverage, please contact the Health and Well-Being Department)
- Window Cleaning (PDF) and Working at Elevated Heights (Roofs) (PDF)
Grounds Handbook
The Grounds department works in outdoor campus areas and have specific safe work practices that employees should be aware of. The Grounds Handbook was developed to help employees understand the common hazards and how to work safely.
Section 1 - Introduction, General Safety, Pandemic Planning, Smoking at the University of Toronto
Section 2 - Asbestos, Mould, Biological Hazards, Used Needles and Glass Stems, Chemical Hazards, Radiation Hazards, Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
Section 3 - Heat Stress, Cold Environments, Severe Weather, Insect Bites and Stings, West Nile Virus, Hanta Virus, Dead Animals and Birds, Bird Bat and Raccoon Droppings
Section 4 - Powered Equipment and Hand tools, Vehicle Safety, Gasoline Storage and Handling
Section 5 - Ladders, Machine Guarding, Manual Materials Handling, Noise, Confined and Restricted Spaces, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for General Safety
Section 6 - Pesticides at the University, Cleaning Window Wells, Snow Shoveling, Safe to Remove Tags, Slips Trips and Falls, Substance from Trees and Plants, Bedbugs
Section 7 - Appendices A, B, C, D