The Ontario Ministry of Labour has announced its inspection blitz schedule for the 201- 2013 fiscal year.
According to the ministry, workplace injuries and fatalities can usually be traced to a few root causes. The Ministry of Labour’s proactive inspection blitzes on sector-specific hazards are designed to raise awareness and increase compliance with health and safety legislation.
It is the normal procedure of the ministry to announce blitzes in advanced.
The ministry tracks each sector to determine if the blitzes result in a long-lasting increase in compliance and decrease in injuries
Scheduled Blitzes are as follows
| Focus | Industry | Date |
| New and Young Worker | Health Care
Construction Industrial (e.g. farming, service, logging sectors) |
May – August 2012 |
| Struck by Objects (hazards associated with traffic control during roadwork) |
Construction | June 2012 |
| Tower Cranes / Mobile Cranes (hoisting hazards) |
Construction | July – August 2012 |
| Pits and Quarries, Sand and Gravel Pits (hazards associated with the haulage process) |
Mining | July 2012 |
| Supervisory Engagement in Construction (supervisory responsibilities / training and requirements under Section 14 Reg. 213/91) |
Construction | September – October 2012 |
| Manufacturing (machine guarding, MSD, workplace violence) |
Industrial | October – November 2012 |
| Infection Prevention and Control | Healthcare | October – November 2012 |
| Underground Mining (hazards associated with ore pass and loading pocket systems) |
Mining | November – December 2012 |
| Underground Mining (ventilation hazards) |
Mining | January – February 2013 |
| Slips, Trips and Falls
(ladder safety and fall protection hazards) |
Industrial
Construction |
February – March 2013 |
| Workplace Violence | Healthcare | February – March 2013 |
