Health & Safety Guide For Supervisors

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
GUIDE FOR SUPERVISORS

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
2. HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION
3. SUPERVISORS AND WORKERS
4. DUTIES OF SUPERVISORS AND WORKERS
5. UNIVERSITY POLICIES
6. JOINT HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEES
7. ACCIDENT REPORTING
8. REINSTATEMENT OF INJURED WORKERS
9. RESOLUTION OF HEALTH & SAFETY CONCERNS & WORK REFUSALS
10. TOXIC SUBSTANCES
11. SUPPORT SERVICES
12. REFERENCE MATERIAL
13. EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS

1. INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this booklet is to provide you, supervisors within the University, with an overview of your responsibilities in the area of occupational health and safety. It also aims to familiarize you with the resources available within the University to assist you in fulfilling these responsibilities.

All members of the University community bear some degree of responsibility for health and safety in the workplace. However, supervisors also have legal obligations under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to workplace safety and it is to the fulfilling of these legal obligations that this booklet is directed.

Specific responsibilities of individual supervisors will depend to a large extent on the type of work being performed and on the size and nature of the work unit. A booklet of this type therefore cannot provide an exhaustive outline of the specific duties and responsibilities of every supervisory position. Not all of the material in this booklet will be applicable to all supervisors. The material on toxic substances will be primarily of interest to academic supervisors of laboratories and to others who work with hazardous chemicals and biological and physical agents. Where questions arise they should first be directed to your immediate supervisor. The staff of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety and other support units within the University are available to assist you in fulfilling the health and safety responsibilities of your job.