Currently, experts are projecting that 30% to 70% of Canadians will be affected by COVID-19.

What is risk perception? It is what you believe can go wrong in any given situation and how bad you think the outcome will be. We use our perception of the risks associated with any task to determine how we are going to perform the task and what precautions we are going to take.

With the holiday season right around the corner, there are a million things that need to be done. You may still be finishing things up from the summer growing season, preparing for the cold Canadian winter ahead and, on top of all this, attending family holiday events can feel like a full-time job in itself.

Reality check: John has worked on his family’s farm since he was 12 years old. He is 38 years old and has three children. John had just finished loading silage into the silo and was approaching the tractor’s PTO lever to turn off the forage blower.

It does not matter if the person who is injured at your workplace is an employee, family member, visitor, contractor or someone of the general public. If they have a critical injury, it must be reported to the Ministry of Labour.

Under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act, every workplace, no matter the size, must have health and safety policies and posters visible for all employees in the workplace.