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In Ontario, all ‘factories’ are required to comply with all applicable sections of Ontario Regulation 851 (the Industrial Establishments Regulation) under the Occupational Health & Safety Act (OHSA). Read More

PSR or PHSR is an acronym for the term Pre-Start Health and Safety Review. This phrase is the title for Section 7 of Regulation 851 of Industrial Regulations, a section of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Read More

The process usually starts by a request from an owner or lessee of an existing or new process, equipment or machine requiring guarding, a rack, a lifting device, potentially explosive process, the use of a dust collector, an establishment that handles molten metal or a process where workers may be... Read More

Storage racks are used extensively in industry. Ensuring that these structures are safe and code compliant are an important part of an employer’s and owner’s responsibility. Read More

Racks are everywhere in our industrial establishments and some have failed with catastrophic results. Why is this happening? In my experience inspecting racking systems and investigating rack collapse, I find the reasons to be one of the following: Overloading. Read More