The Field Visit Reports resulting from the inspections on March 5 th 2020 have been communicated to all of the corporate health and safety committees and representatives.

Orders	Note	Compliance Date	Disposition
1 – The employer shall ensure that th e 10’ blue mobile platform ladder in the truck maintenance garage provided by the employer is maintained in good condition. At the time of the inspection the first step from the ground of the ladder was observed to be in poor repair, increasing the risk of a slip and trip injury to a worker.	No additional orders have been issued to-date as part of the MOL’s Ergonomic Initiative.	March 6 th 2020	The ladder determined to be damaged was removed from the garage floor the date the order was issued and stored in such a manner that workers could no longer use it until it could be properly disposed of.

Administration determined it was in the best interest of the Corporation to comply with the MOL Ergonomists’ order expressed in Field Report # 03561PFHQ304, and as su ch took steps on March 5 th 2020 to have the damaged equipment removed from the work area prior to the compliance date.

Discussion:

In 2018 the Ministry of Labour Ergonomists embarked on a two-part Ergonomics Intiative focusing on ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) prevention targeted to municipalities. The Intiative has two parts, a site visit that involves an administrative assessment that included a review of workplace procedures and accident incident reporting, and site visits designed to allow the MOL Ergonomist to view worksites and identify possible improvements with the goal of reducing MSD’s.

The administrative review site visit occurred June 18th 2019 and involved a number of workplace parties, including Human Resources Health and Safety staff and the Corporate Ergonomist and Wellness Specialist and the Health and Safety Coordinator for Local 82. On March 5th, 2020, the MOL Ergonomist conducted the second part of the Initiative, the site visits. The sites visits included stops at Public Works Operations sites at Crawford Yard, Traffic Engineering as well as a roadway worksite on Roxborough Boulevard where workers were performing pothole patching.