Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Canada.

CCOHS functions as the primary national agency in Canada for the advancement of safe and healthy workplaces and preventing work-related injuries and illnesses. Additional work in this area is carried out by provincial and territorial labour departments and workers' compensation boards.

CCOHS was created in 1978 by an Act of Parliament - [http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/C-13/index.html "Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act" S.C., 1977-78, c. 29] . The act was based on the belief that all Canadians had "...a fundamental right to a healthy and safe working environment." .

The Centre, located in Hamilton, Ontario, is governed by a tripartite Council of Governors representing government (federal, provincial and territorial), employers, and workers.

CCOHS promotes the total well-being - physical, psychosocial and mental health - of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions. It makes credible information about workplace hazards and conditions easily and widely accessible to all Canadians - promoting safe and healthy workplaces.

ervices offered

* "Inquiries Service" - the free, confidential, person-to-person information service for Canadians
* "OSH Answers" Q&A on CCOHS website
* "Health and Safety Report" free monthly electronic newsletter
* "Pandemic Planning" portal - tools, tips and resources
* "Bringing Health to Work" portal - information on creating healthy workplaces
* Webinar presentations
* Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Classification Database
* "JobOne Canada" website for new and young workers, addressing the high levels of injuries and illnesses suffered by this group of workers
* CANOSH website
* e-courses
* RTECS
* Canadian enviroOSH Legislation (plus Standards)
* MSDS Management Service
* OSH Works Occupational Health and Safety Management Service
* classroom courses
* "HS-Canada" list-serv for the workplace health and safety community in Canada
* health and safety pocket guides - CCOHS publications are offered in English and French and in several formats (print, CD ROM, DVD, PDF)
* "CANWrite" Safety Data Sheets authoring software

External links

* [http://www.ccohs.ca CCOHS homepage]
* [http://www.ccohs.ca/ccohs/inq.html Inquiries Service]
* [http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/ Bringing Health to Work Portal]
* [http://www.ccohs.ca/pandemic/ Pandemic Planning Portal]

* [http://www.ccohs.ca/newsletters/hsreport/ The Health and Safety Report E-Newsletter]
* [http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/whmis/search.html WHMIS Classifications Search]
* [http://www.jobsafecanada.ca/ JobOne ]
* [http://www.canoshweb.org/ CanOSH - Canada's National Occupational Health Safety Website]


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