The latest in Canadian construction safety, regulations, and industry best practices.
For most of the last two decades, the hard hat debate on Canadian construction sites has been a quiet one. Type 1 helmets met the legal minimum, workers wore them without question, and the industry moved on. That is starting to change, and the shift is
Terrance Leacock
NCSO & Construction Superintendent
Most construction site safety plans in Canada share the same flaw: they were written once, filed in a binder, and never looked at again. The plan exists. Workers do not know what is in it. Supervisors have not reviewed it since the project started.
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Construction safety inspections are only as good as the records they produce. A thorough walkthrough that ends with a handwritten form stuffed into a binder does almost nothing for your COR audit, your corrective action follow-through, or your ability to
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If you work in Canadian construction and you are serious about a career in safety, you will eventually face a question that trips up a lot of people: which construction safety certification should you pursue? The NCSO, the CRSP, and the Gold Seal Safety
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If you work in banking, telecommunications, interprovincial trucking, rail, aviation, or any federal Crown corporation, the occupational health and safety rules that govern your workplace are not the same ones that apply to the construction site down the
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