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TSSA’s Top Home Safety Tips for a Harm-Free Winter Season

With weather conditions ranging from snow and ice to strong winds and chilling temperatures, winter tends to keep many Ontarians spending more time indoors. Have peace of mind knowing your home is a safe haven this season by following these essential winter safety tips. 

Carbon Monoxide Safety

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an invisible, odourless and poisonous gas produced by common household appliances, such as your furnace, fireplace, gas stove, propane heater, kerosene lantern or any other...

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TSSA Reminds Ontarians Not to Fall Behind on Carbon Monoxide Safety

It’s Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Week in Ontario and safety experts are urging people not to fall behind on CO safety. Often dubbed the ‘Silent Killer’ you won’t even know if it’s there as it’s an invisible, odourless and highly poisonous gas.

“With the onset of cold weather months comes the increased use of furnaces and fireplaces and now outdoor heaters,” says Sam Sadeghi, Director of TSSA’s Fuels Safety Program. “If not installed, inspected and maintained regularly, fuel-burning appliances...

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2021 TSSA Annual Public Meeting

Highlighting TSSA’s Modernization Progress and Acknowledging Safety Leaders

TSSA’s 2021 Virtual Annual Public Meeting (APM) celebrated a year of milestone achievements towards TSSA’s transformation to an Outcome-Based Regulator and highlighted some of TSSA’s future plans towards becoming a more modern and collaborative organization that uses data to understand risk, shape the oversight framework and develop procedures and programs to better target risks and support compliance. The event also...

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TSSA Announces 2021 Impact Safety Award Recipients

Socrates Furtado and André Meyer recognized for their safety leadership.

The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) presented Impact Safety Awards to Socrates Furtado of SNC Lavalin Operations and Maintenance for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) and André Meyer of Quality Allied Elevators (QAE), during its virtual Annual Public Meeting today. The award winners are featured in TSSA’s 2021 Annual Report.

The annual TSSA Safety Awards is a nomination-based program that...

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Compliance Support Program Earns Ontario’s Safety Regulator a Finalist Spot in Canada’s Safest Employers Awards

TSSA in the Running for Best Safety Industry Provider 2021

(Toronto, ON, August 27, 2021) – The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) is pleased to announce that its Compliance Support Program has placed the organization among this year’s top picks for Best Safety Industry Provider in the 11th annual Canada’s Safest Employers Awards. This is TSSA’s second consecutive year in the running for an award in this category.

Presented by Canadian Occupational Safety magazine, Canada’s Safest...

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