This report identifies the tasks and tools that may expose workers to silica at levels above the regulatory level.

Fact sheet for the safe use of guardrail anchoring systems on flat roofs for eliminating falling risks.

The aim of this study was to enhance understanding of the nature of the anxiety symptoms exhibited by workers with a MSD that had resulted in a work absence of more than 12 weeks. These factors are intolerance of uncertainty, worries, negative problem orientation, and beliefs about the usefulness of worrying, cognitive avoidance, and depression.

This research project objective was to develop a systematic approach for identifying the determinants of the inability of workers with psychological problems to maintain an active working life.

While noise is the main cause of occupational deafness, certain chemical substances can produce ototoxic effects that may make the ear more prone to acoustic assault, as opposed to noise alone.

Despite companies’ prevention efforts and an improvement in the situation, mining remains a hazardous industry due to the frequency and severity of accidents.

View the conferences of the IRSST’s colloquium entitled The importance to consider the gender and sex in OHS. The differences between the gender and the sex in terms of OHS problems, as well as their importance in prevention and a return to the work process were among the subjects of this colloquium.

A first OHS research chair on gender, work, and health was recently awarded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST).

This research sought to understand how the high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, psychological health problems, and physical and psychosocial risk factors among agents working in municipal public security emergency call centres in Québec.