First Aid Policy

PURPOSE

The employer, HPZ Crusher Services Inc., and its management team are vitally interested in the health and safety of its workers. Protection of workers from injury is a major continuing objective. The purpose of this First Aid Policy is to ensure the workplace meets the requirements for First Aid in accordance with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA), Regulation 1101.

POLICY

Any worker who sustains a workplace injury or becomes ill due to workplace conditions shall report the injury or illness to their supervisor and get immediate first aid as per Regulation 1101.​​

ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES

Managers and Production Team Leads

  • First aid is given immediately, in accordance with the regulations.

  • A notification is made to the employer of any injury, or the possible onset of a work-related disease or condition.

  • A record of the first aid treatment or advice given to the worker using the HPZ Incident Report Form. Hardcopies are available in the First Aid Station.

  • A Treatment Memorandum (Form 156) is given to a worker if health care is needed.

  • Immediate transportation is provided to the worker to a hospital, a doctor's office, or the worker's home, if necessary.​

Chief of Operations and Operations Manager

  • A WSIB Form 7, Employer’s Report of Injury/Disease shall be completed when the worker:

    • receives health care

    • is absent from regular work (lost time)

    • requires modified duties at less than regular pay

    • requires modified work at regular pay for 7+ calendar days after the date of the accident

    • earns less than regular pay at regular work

  • Ask the worker to sign the WSIB Form 7.

    • Submit to the Board, within 3 days of learning of the reporting obligation, an Employer's Report of Accidental Injury/Industrial Disease, WSIB Form 7 and other requested information. If the worker is unable or unwilling to sign, send the form in without signature.

  • Pay full wages and benefits for the day or shift on which the injury occurred.

  • Cooperate in the worker’s early and safe return to work.

  • Supply a Functional Abilities Form 2647 to the health professional treating the worker. Ensure the worker’s signed consent to the release of the functional abilities information is attached. Signed consent will be either on the Form 7 or the employer’s copy of the Form 6.​

Worker

  • Get first aid right away. First aid includes but is not limited to: cleaning minor cuts, scrapes, or scratches; treating a minor burn, applying bandages and/or dressings, cold compresses, cold pack, ice bag, splint, changing a bandage or a dressing after any follow-up for observation purposes only.

  • Notify the Manager and/or the Production Team Lead of any injury or the possible onset of a work-related disease/condition.

  • Claim WSIB benefits by:

    • Signing WSIB Form 7, Employer’s Report of Injury/Disease, or

    • Signing WSIB Form 6, Worker’s Report of Injury/Disease, and giving a copy of the form to the employer.

  • Choose a doctor or qualified health professional. Do not change health professionals without permission from the WSIB.

  • Cooperate in health care treatment.

  • Cooperate in safe return to work.

  • Complete and return all WSIB forms promptly.

  • Report to the WSIB any changes in income, return to work status, or medical condition.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

HPZ shall ensure that all first aid boxes and stations for every shift are in the charge of workers who hold valid first aid certificates issued by a training agency recognized by the WSIB.

  • A first aid station shall be in the charge of a worker who works in the immediate vicinity of the first aid station and who is qualified in first aid to the standards required by Regulation 1101. At the HPZ production facility that is Stuart Jones.

  • First aid stations shall be so located within quick and easy access for the prompt treatment of any worker at all times when work is in progress.

  • HPZ shall, at all times, keep posted in other conspicuous places in the place of employment the WSIB poster known as Form 82 respecting the necessity of reporting all accidents and receiving first aid treatment.

  • HPZ shall keep a record of all circumstances respecting an accident as described by the injured worker: the date and time of its occurrence; the names of witnesses; the nature and exact location of the injuries to the worker; and the date, time, and nature of first aid treatment given.

  • First aid boxes and their contents are inspected monthly by the employee conducting the Joint Monthly Inspection. If supplies are needed, the box is re-stocked immediately, the Manager records the date of the inspection and initials the inspection card attached to the box.

FIRST AID REQUIREMENTS

In workplaces where there are no more than five workers in any one shift, a first aid station with a first aid box is required and shall contain as a minimum

  • a current edition of a standard St. John Ambulance First Aid Manual;

  • 1 card of safety pins; and

  • dressings consisting of, 

    • 24 adhesive dressings individually wrapped,

    • 12 sterile gauze pads, 3 inches square,

    • 4 rolls of 2-inch gauze bandage,

    • 4 rolls of 4-inch gauze bandage,

    • 4 sterile surgical pads suitable for pressure dressings, individually wrapped,
      6 triangular bandages,

    • 2 rolls of splint padding, and

    • 1 roll-up splint. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1101, s. 9 (1).

HPZ shall ensure that the first aid station is at all times in the charge of a worker who,

  • holds a valid Standard First Aid Certificate or its equivalent,

  • works in the immediate vicinity of the box.

              The certificate referred to above shall be prominently displayed at the first aid station.​

FIRST AIDERS

HPZ managers and employees with First Aid certification on 01 September 2024 are:

  • Marc Miron, Production and R&D Manager, valid until 16 May 2027

  • Stuart Jones, Production Team Leader and HSR, valid until 16 May 2027

  • Samantha Rolfe, Operations Manager, valid until 16 May 2027

  • Rohith Vijay, Senior Production Assistant, valid until 16 May 2027

  • Tyler Ewart, Senior Production Assistant, valid until 21 May 2025 ​

FORMS, Forms Centre

  • HPZ Incident Report Form

  • Worker’s Report of Injury/Disease (Form 6)

  • Employer’s Report of Injury/Disease (Form 7)

  • Health Professional’s Report (Form 8)

  • Treatment Memorandum (Form 156)

  • Functional Abilities form (Form 2647)

REFERENCE

Regulation 1101