Ensuring Workplace Safety With a PHSR Checklist
Owning a business comes with tremendous responsibility. Whether a small family-owned operation or a large corporation with a board of directors, the goal is to create a safe, healthy, and productive work environment. However, that doesn’t occur by happenstance. For smart business owners, it starts with having a pre-start up safety review performed. What Is the PHSR Used in Ontario? PHSR is the acronym for a pre-start health and safety review. In 2000, the Canadian government mandated all businesses to have this type of review done when installing or modifying new or used processes or equipment in a new or existing workplace. Many companies violate the regulations without realizing it. As a result, some businesses aren’t compliant with current health and safety standards for their specific industry. That puts their entire operations at risk. However, not having a pre-start up safety review done as outlined can do even more damage. It also puts employees, contractors, and perhaps eve