WELCOME MEMBERS

We are THRILLED to announce that ECAO has been approved as a WSIB Excellence Program Provider.

The WSIB Health and Safety Excellence Program is a program to help employers build an effective safety program resulting in reduced premiums, rebates, and recognition as a safe company.

We want our members to not only be the safest companies in the province but also receive the maximum possible benefits the program has to offer.

 

Please Note

We offer the Health and Safety Excellence program in English only. To find a provider that offers the full program in French, please contact the WSIB at healthandsafetyexcellence@wsib.on.ca and they’ll recommend the provider(s) that best matches your needs.

 

Nous offrons le programme Excellence en santé et sécurité en anglais seulement. Pour trouver un prestataire qui offre tout le programme en français, veuillez communiquer avec la WSIB à excellenceensanteetsecurite@wsib.on.ca et elle vous recommandera le ou les prestataires qui correspondent le plus à vos besoins.

 

Why should you join the program?

In addition to reducing incidents and premiums, you can benefit from the program by:

 

  • Positively impacting the safety culture within your company by implementing a health and safety program that was created by management, supervision, and workers together

  • Rebates on premiums by improving your safety experience (less incidents = smaller premiums)

  • Recognition to show employees, customers, and investors your commitment to health and safety. Clients want to know you will ensure safety is maintained on their sites.

  • Safer companies are much more attractive to clients as well as attract the best talent.

  • Opportunities to network and share best practices with other like-minded businesses

  • Access to resources and experience through relationships with dedicated and competent staff

  • Pandemic readiness materials, to help businesses meet the challenges of operating safely during a pandemic 

 

You can find more information by visiting the WSIB Health and Safety Excellence page.

 

How does the program work?

The program has three (3) levels – foundations, intermediate and advanced. There are 36 topics spread across the three levels.

 

 

Foundations

Essential topics to start building your health and safety program. Topics include:

 

  • Leadership & Commitment

Health and safety responsibilities

Health & Safety Communication

Health & Safety Participation

Recognition of Hazards

Risk Assessment

Control of Hazards

Injury, Illness & Incident Reporting

Incident Investigation & Analysis

First Aid

 

Intermediate

Topics to build and customize your health and safety program or management system. Topics include:

 

Competency

Health & Safety Training

Health & Safety Accountabilities

Emergency Prevention and Preparedness

Emergency Response

Return-to-Work Program Requirements, Forms & Tools

Return to Work Roles and Responsibilities

Accommodation & Return-to-Work Plans

Pre-Use Inspections

Preventative Maintenance

Control of Documents

Control of Records

Contractor Management Program

Workplace Health & Promotion

Health & Safety Objectives

Corrective Action

 

Advanced

Topics to integrate and optimize your health and safety management system. Topics include:

 

Change Management & Procurement

Monitoring, Measurement & Analysis

Review Health & Safety Trends

Internal Audit

Management Review

Health & Safety Continual Improvement Planning

External Audit

Networking & Peer Learning

Corporate Social Responsibility

 

 

Validation

Once you’ve completed your health and safety topics, it’s time to submit evidence of your work so you can earn rebates and other recognition. ECAO will help you prepare for the validation process. Our health and safety experts will review and validate your submission. 

 

We may select a business for an onsite validation to ensure that specific health and safety topics are part of your workplace culture. This is not an audit of your entire health and safety program – it is an opportunity to receive feedback from our health and safety experts, identify best practices and get recommendations for improvement.

 

Recognition

Aside from the financial rebate, you can also receive recognition badges to use on your website, email signature and advertisements, to show others your commitment to workplace health and safety. Your badges will also show up on your business profile on WSIB’s website when people search for safety stats.

 

Sign up for a webinar

To learn more about our Health and Safety Excellence program and how you can earn rebates and recognition while we help you build and enhance your workplace health and safety programs and keep your business pandemic ready, sign up for one of our webinars. You will get the opportunity to learn more about the program, find out how to get started and ask questions. Learn More here: Webinars

 

Stay tuned to our website for updates and further details. 

Looking forward to building a safer industry with you.