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Safety Days 2023

Overview and registration

Join the City of Kingston and Utilities Kingston for Safety Days on March 21 and March 22 from 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour.

The annual Safety Days event is jointly hosted by the City and Utilities Kingston to promote safety best practices amongst employees – and local contractors and suppliers in the industry.

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The goal of Safety Days is clear and simple: get everyone home safe every day. Its training and information sessions are all about how to instill safety as the highest value in the workplace. In 2014, the event was recognized by the national Recognition of Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement from the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) and the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) Worker Safety Award. 

In 2017, we joined the League of Champions and made a commitment to become Champions for achieving safety excellence. The goal of the League of Champions is to promote safety culture and build awareness in the industry. Our goal is to create a framework for safety awareness that will act as a lever to help industry leaders enable change in their companies and across industries. The result will be better protection for young and all workers through education and awareness.

CSSE National Winner

ESA Award

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Register online for Safety Days 2024. 

Keynote speaker

This year's event features keynote speaker Wilson Bateman. Wilson has been involved in safety for more than 20 years. He’s held numerous safety positions and has provided safety consulting services to a wide range of companies. He is also the author of the world’s first safety self-help book, 7 Safety Habits That Could Save Your Life. 

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Session information

  • Industrial safety expectation session for contractors:
    This course is a specific Utilities Kingston and City of Kingston health and safety requirement for contractors if they wish to be on the City of Kingston or Utilities Kingston’s pre-approved list for quotation work.

  • Preparing for the next labour inspection and inspection process:
    The recent round of hiring at Ministry of Labour has resulted in the most inspectors ever on staff. The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) authorizes inspectors to conduct unannounced inspections at any time. Are you prepared? Steps should be taken to increase confidence in your preparedness for an inspection. There are basic elements that an inspector will audit, including mandatory workplace documents. This session is intended to equip you to be better prepared, potentially reducing orders and related down time, all with the main goal of improving worker safety.

  • Trench safety hazard awareness: Registration for this course is no longer open.
    This program is primarily for firms that excavate deeper than 1.2 metres (four feet). Emphasis is placed on soil types, legislation, underground hazards and emergency work.

  • Who is the constructor of your construction project? Owner and constructor health and safety responsibilities:
    The intent of the OHSA is to have one person with overall authority for health and safety matters on any construction project. This person is known as the constructor of the project. As a buyer of construction, it is essential to understand who is fulfilling the role of the constructor. Owners undertaking one or more projects at the same time or physical address may be unintentionally becoming the constructor and assuming related liabilities. As an owner, there are actions that you can take to assist in avoiding becoming the constructor.

  • Asbestos work in construction hazard awareness: Registration for this course is no longer open.
    This program teaches participants how to identify locations where asbestos may be present and find sections of the asbestos regulation that deal with the classification of asbestos work. The program involves a slide presentation and video review. Each participant will complete classroom exercises and reviews.

  • Construction safety expectation session for contractors:
    This course is a specific Utilities Kingston and City of Kingston health and safety requirement for contractors if they wish to be on the City of Kingston or Utilities Kingston’s pre-approved list for quotation work.

  • Ontario Traffic Manual - Book 7: Registration for this course is no longer open.
    Every year workers are injured as a result of traffic-related incidents while performing work in and around public roadways. The Regulations for Construction Projects require employers to have a traffic protection plan in place to ensure that workers are protected. In addition, a specific traffic control plan, designed to protect both workers and road users, must be developed and available. This program assists those responsible for creating, implementing, and/or overseeing traffic control in temporary work areas to develop an effective traffic control plan. Participants are taught using typical layout case studies, Ontario Traffic Manual, Book 7, and the Regulations for Construction Projects.