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Key Resources
Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Resources
Accessing Resources:
- LibAccess: access to resources from off-campus
- Library catalogue
Indexes and databases:
- Medline
- Pubmed
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS): Academic support program, McMaster Subscription
- ToxNet (Toxicology Data Network)
- CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
- The Cochrane Library
- Trip Database
- Web of Science
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias:
- Encyclopedia of epidemiology
- Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety
- The encyclopedia of work-related illnesses, injuries, and health issues
- Handbook of OSHA Construction Safety and Health
- Illustrated dictionary and resource directory of environmental and occupational health
- International encyclopedia of ergonomics and human factors
- Dictionary of environmental health
Books available at the HSL (a few of our titles):
- Health and safety in organizations: a multilevel perspective
- Molecules of death
- Occupational and environmental health: recognizing and preventing disease and injury
- Occupational health
Journals available at the HSL (a few of our titles):
- Ergonomics
- Annals of occupational hygiene
- Archives of environmental and occupational health
- Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology
- International archives of occupational and environmental
- Toxicology and industrial health
- Journal of occupational health
- Occupational and environmental medicine
Legislation and Regulations:
- Occupational Health and Safety Act (R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.1)
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (S.O. 1997, CHAPTER 16)
*Please check the currency of the above Legislations and Regulations
- e-Laws: Government of Ontario
- Canada Labour Code ( R.S. 1985, c. L-2 )
- Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304)
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Act ( R.S. 1985, c. C-13 )
- Health and Safety Laws and Regulations: Labour of Canada
*Please check the currency of the above Legislations and Regulations
- Consolidated Acts and regulations of Canada: Department of Justice Canada
- CanLII: Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Guides
- Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act: Ontario Ministry of Labour
- Guide to Joint Health and Safety Committees: Ontario Ministry of Labour
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Guide: Ontario Ministry of Labour
- Guidelines for Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews: Ontario Ministry of Labour
Websites:
- Health and Safety: Ontario Ministry of Labour
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
- The Office of the Fire Marshall: Ontario
- Canada's National Occupational Health and Safety (CANOSH)
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS): Free
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Occupational Health and Safety: Free
- CSA Online Subscription Service: McMaster Subscription
- Ministry of Labour: Government of Canada
- National Institute for Occupational and Safety Health (NIOSH): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Statistical Sources:
- Financial data and key statistical measures (KSM): Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada
- Health indicators: Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada
- Health and safety statistics for Ontario: The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
- Report card: health and safety statistics: Government of Ontario
- Online catalogue of products and services: Statistics Canada
- E-Stat or CANSIM II: Statistics Canada
- WISQARSTM: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Prepared by Jo-Anne Petropoulos
Last updated October 2, 2009