DOES THE OHSA COVER PSYCHOSOCIAL HAZARDS? YES! A SUPPORT DOCUMENT FOR WORKERS AND THEIR ADVOCATES WHAT ARE PSYCHOSOCIAL HAZARDS? Workplace factors that have the potential to cause or contribute to psychological or physical harm if not adequately eliminated or controlled, ideally at the source. [...] Employers and the Ministry of Labour, to take “every precaution Training and Skills Development (MLTSD) reasonable” to prevent injury must identify, assess and control and illness [OHSA s.25(2)(h)]. [...] When hazards, injuries and illnesses are not (workplace factors) that lead addressed in the workplace, the MLTSD must to psychological injury and enforce the Occupational Health and Safety illness. [...] DOES THE OHSA COVER PSYCHOSOCIAL HAZARDS? YES! A SUPPORT DOCUMENT FOR WORKERS AND THEIR ADVOCATES WHAT OTHER EVIDENCE EXISTS? → the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) compensates for mental injuries that can be linked to a workplace (e.g. [...] You cannot separate the functioning of the brain, from the functioning of the rest of the body.
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