Groundskeepers Safety Guide

Description

Designed and written as a practical workplace training and reference tool. This 129-page pocket guide is filled with clear-language text including safety tips, charts, diagrams, checklists and illustrations.

Objectives

This is your guide to safe groundskeeping and landscaping work. It will help you to:

• Recognize workplace hazards;
• Prevent accident and injury;
• Follow safe work practices;
• Select and use proper personal protective equipment (PPE);
• Understand your duties and rights as given in the occupational health and safety legislation; and
• Contact government departments to find health and safety related information.

Scope

This Guide is for groundskeepers and landscapers as well as golf course employees, facility management persons, cemetery workers, park and recreation employees and other workers whose responsibilities includes groundskeeping work. It provides safe work practices for performing a wide range of tasks.

The Guide will assist in the development and implementation of workplace health and safety programs. In employee training sessions, the Guide is a practical handout.

Target Audience

This guide is for everyone who performs, supervises or plans work in the groundskeeping, landscaping, gardening or nursery industries. It is a handy companion for workers, supervisors, managers, occupational health nurses and health and safety committee members.

Each publication produced by CCOHS undergoes several stages of review. As part of this review, representatives from government, employers, and labour are requested to comment on draft copies of CCOHS documents for technical accuracy and readability.

Although every effort is made to ensure accuracy and completeness of the information, it is understood that CCOHS makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information and assumes no liability for any damages or loss suffered as a result of any inaccuracy or incompleteness therein.