Safety
Safety is our number one priority.
Senior Management committed to securing COR Certification in 2015 and obtained the accreditation in 2017. COR is a nationally recognized occupational health and safety audit program for employers aimed at reducing the human and financial costs associated with work place incidents and injuries. Essentially the program involves identifying potential hazards and risks, creating procedures to manage the hazards and risks and continually make improvements to the company’s health and safety management system.
The COR program has elevated safety awareness and significantly improved the safety culture within our organization. In fact, Ontario Electrical Construction received the COR Excellence and Milestone Award from IHSA for achieving a 3 year injury free milestone in both 2018 and 2019. We are also a proud member of the League of Champions. The organization is a catalyst for safety improvement in individual companies and the Ontario construction industry as a whole.
COR / IHSA new Excellence and Milestone Award
Ontario Electrical Construction has been awarded IHSA new Excellence and Milestone Award. This award recognizes firms that have achieved and maintained COR certification and attained a specific number of work hours (based on their firm size) without a lost-time injury (LTI).
Infection Control
The right equipment and training.
The Aire Guardian containment unit has become an integral part of our tool arsenal when working in healthcare facilities. It uses negative pressurization to contain dust particles, that if released into the environment, could be lethal to patients with compromised immune systems.
To insure compliance with Infection Control standards, our staff have received the following training:
- CSA IPAC Fundamentals of Infection Control during Construction Renovation & Maintenance of Healthcare Facilities
- CSA IPAC Effective Implementation and Practical Applications of Infection Control during Construction, Renovation and Maintenance of Healthcare Facilities
The COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020 has heighted Infection Control standards to levels never experienced previously. As an essential service provider, we are required to comply with stringent COVID-19 protocols on all our sites. Workers must complete daily screening checklists before entry to the site and work areas are sanitized multiple times daily. Workers are also responsible to sanitize hands, tooling, equipment, hand-held devices and all personal protective equipment (PPE) throughout the day. Social distancing and wearing masks has become part of the daily work routine. When installation methods require staff members to be closer than the 6 foot guideline established by Health Canada, they are provided with Tyvek suites and face masks. These new work procedures are critical to insure Ontario Electrical Construction is doing its part to limit the spread of this dangerous virus.
