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Safety Consulting

Experienced Safety Consultants. Innovative Approach. Proven Results.

 

OVERVIEW
Assessments
Program Maintenance
Industrial Hygiene
Training Program Development

OH&S Consulting Services

Customizable OH&S Programs for a Safer Workplace

At Irwin's, our certified OH&S consultants specialize in Occupational Health and Safety Consulting Services a, providing an action plan for a positive safety culture tailored to industry-specific risks and needs. With over 15 years of experience in Canadian OH&S Compliance and Advisory Services, we understand the nuances of creating custom OH&S Solutions for Canadian Industries. Whether it's hazard assessment, quality assurance, emergency preparedness, or OH&S training, Irwin's ensures Health & Safety Compliance through in-depth consulting.

Our wide range of services and expertise in high-risk environments allows Irwin's to excel at all aspects of Safety Consulting Services. Every organization deserves a customized OHS solution to protect its greatest asset - employees.

Every Canadian business has a corporate responsibility and legal duty to have and implement a formal OHS (Occupational Health & Safety) Program. Employers must ensure that the safety of their workers is the main priority, that’s why they should always take the proper steps to educate themselves and their employees of the worksite risks and their mitigation techniques.

Developing a health and safety program requires professional health and safety consultants, who provide an all-inclusive approach to creating a positive safety culture.

Our unique Occupational Safety Consulting methodology paired with a team of certified health and safety consultants allows us to stand out from our competitors and please the client at every stage of the process, ensuring Workplace Safety, Adherence to Regulatory Requirements and Occupational Health & Safety standards. 

Whether it is HSMS Design, Hazmat assessment, Quality Assurance or Emergency Management, our safety-first mindset and years of experience working with major industrial clients in mining, oil & gas, power generation and others, allows us to efficiently approach our customers’ professional safety consultation needs without sacrificing the quality. We focus on regulatory compliance and healthy workplace, adhering to industry standards and legislative requirements. 

Custom OHS Programs include:

  • Health risk assessments - We pinpoint safety hazards and evaluate risks to recommend practical controls tailored to your workplace equipment, processes and layout. Advanced hazard analysis and mitigation is our specialty.
  • OH&S policy development and Safety Program Development - We help establish fit-for-purpose OHS policies that provide clear safety manuals across the organization. This includes procedures, roles and responsibilities, reporting, and enforcement protocols.
  • Safe work procedures - Documentation of step-by-step instructions for performing hazardous tasks safely.
  • Emergency response planning - Plans that prepare your workforce to respond appropriately in emergencies or crisis scenarios.
  • Safety Training Courses - Designation and training of competent persons to oversee high-risk activities and ensure procedures are followed properly.
  • Inspection procedures - Custom schedules and procedures for routine safety audits and audits to proactively identify OHS issues and workplace hazards
  • Incident reporting and investigation - Standard protocols for immediate incident alerting as well as thorough causal analysis methods.
  • OH&S performance monitoring - Tracking key performance indicators with tools like injury rates, incident costs and audit results to monitor OHS program effectiveness.

Our safety experts work closely with your team to develop safety action plans that integrate seamlessly into daily operations. We ensure your entire workforce understands their role in the new OHS procedures and can carry them out effectively.

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With a guarantee of Quality Service and Efficiency, our team works across Western and Central Canada, including regions like the BC Interior, Lower Mainland, Northern Alberta, and more, offering personalized service and hands-on program implementation assistance. Here are reasons to trust our experts:

  • 15+ years of experience developing OHS Safety Programs & Manuals
  • Certified OHS professionals across Canada
  • Custom-built programs, not generic templates
  • Guarantee of Quality Service and Efficiency
  • Usage of the latest risk management tools and technologies
  • Hands-on program implementation assistance
  • Outstanding ongoing safety support after program completion
  • Positive Feedback from our customers
  • Personalized service from industry experts

We become your trusted safety advisors - not just temporary consultants across Western and Central Canada. Our team of certified safety professionals are located in cities across Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. This allows us to make site visits and provide localized support to clients in regions like the BC Interior, Lower Mainland, Northern Alberta, Southern Saskatchewan, and more. Key areas with Irwin's Safety consultants include Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Fort St John, Fernie, Cranbrook, Vancouver, Regina, Montreal, and Toronto.

 
to discuss how we can help implement an OHS program tailored to your corporate responsibility and safety compliance. 

ASSESSMENTS

Your company's worksite may require a number of methods to identify health and safety hazards within the organization.

Irwin's Safety is able to provide you with the physical resources needed to identify those hazards with the help of our internationally accredited team of officers equipped with required certificates to carry out risk assessments, surveys, inspections, audits, health surveillances and screening of your organization.

Irwin’s Safety can conduct any number of assessments on your worksite, including various types of gap analyses and efficiency evaluations.

Our Hazmat consulting focuses on assessing your worksite and surrounding area for potential workplace hazards, mitigation plans, environmental concerns and much more.

Our Gap Analysis follows a road map to meet your specific needs, which may include anything from evaluating your internal health and safety systems against ISO standards to integrating contractor management software to ensuring your company is compliant with federal regulations. Gap analysis programs can also help prepare you for external audits.

Our Efficiency Evaluations review internal processes to ensure your organization is operating not only safely but efficiently, improving productivity by identifying methods of eliminating unnecessary costs incurred through unwanted issues such as  overstaffing, delays, or idle equipment.

Assessments We Offer:
  • Confined Space Hazard Assessments
  • Organizational HSE Need Assessments
  • Fire Safety Hazard Assessments
  • First Aid Assessments
  • Rescue Assessments
  • Access Assessments
  • Work at Heights Assessments
  • Equipment Assessments
  • Emergency Action Plans (Internal)
  • Emergency Action Plans (External)
  • Environmental Impact Assessments
  • Tsunami/Hurricane Assessments
  • Functional Ergonomics Assessments
  • Vendor Compliance
Analysis:
  • Best Practices
  • Sector Specific Risk 
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • COR Compliance
  • ISO 45001 Preparation
Surveys:
  • Lighting 
  • Noise 
  • Temperature 
  • Workplace Exposure
  • NORMS
Maintenance Efficiency Evaluations:
  • Industrial Analytics
  • Vendor Performance

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PROGRAM MAINTENANCE

Your Environmental Health & Safety management system is a comprehensive network of plans, strategies and protocols to manage all aspects of safety on your worksite. This system prevents incidents and creates effective emergency management plans.

Your EHS system must be reviewed at a minimum annually to reflect changes to regulations, industry standards and scope of your business. IRWIN'S Safety can help you keep your EHS systems up-to-date and in line with current industry standards and regulations.

IRWIN'S Safety employs health and safety experts who stay on top of updates to legal regulations, industry standards (i.e. certifying bodies), and much more. These consultants will work with you directly to effectively implement changes to your protocols and bring your business into compliance these regulation and industrial best practices. 

Leverage IRWIN'S experience for all your program maintenance needs.

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

Industrial Hygiene is a critical aspect of managing worksite health and safety. Occupational Hygiene covers a wide range of health and safety hazards, including physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial hazards. Industrial hygienists focus on sampling of hazardous materials and determining worksite safety. Environmental factors in the workplace can lead to injury or illness. Industrial Hygiene includes the use of environmental monitoring and data analysis to determine worker exposure to occupational hazards, which may include chemical, physical, ergonomic, or biological exposures.   

IRWIN'S can help you improve your site's industrial hygiene. Our industrial hygienists are health and safety experts with many years of industry experience who can work with you to review your worksites and develop plans to improve processes and the overall health and safety on the worksite. Our experts will recommend controls based on the testing results to reduce worker exposure to hazards. Engineering controls are used to eliminate or isolate the hazard, work practice controls alter the manner in which a task is performed to mitigate various risks, administrative controls may be used to reduce hazard exposure, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) may be used in conjunction with other controls.

Industrial Hygiene Services We Provide:
  • Exposure Control Plans (ECPs)
  • Hazmat Sampling and Safety Consulting
  • Particle Monitoring
  • Lab Analysis
  • Reclamation
  • Confined Space Assessments
  • Air Quality Management Plans and Testing
  • Asbestos Monitoring and Bulk Sampling
  • Hazardous Materials Assessments
  • Mold Sampling and Remediation Plans
  • Noise Exposure Assessment (Area Surveys and Personal Dosimetry)
  • Hearing Conservation Programs
  • Respiratory Protection Programs
  • Respiratory Hazard Assessment (dust, fumes, aerosols, and gases)
  • Silica Monitoring and Management Programs
  • Thermal Stress
  • Ventilation Testing

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TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Training is an essential element of any Health and Safety management system. It is the responsibility of all organizations to ensure that all workers are competent in their roles and are provided with relevant training to ensure they remain safe at all times.  

Workers will need specific skills to ensure they remain safe. IRWIN'S Safety training will ensure organization and workers remain safe and well, while developing individuals to demonstrate new competencies and strengthen existing skills, providing new career opportunities. Our accredited safety training programs facilitate learning helping trainees transform into industry professionals.

Irwin's Safety works directly with communities through large-scale training initiatives, offering both Entry-Level Training, Advanced Training (Rope Access Training, Emergency Services Training, Become-an-Instructor Training) and Professional and Leadership training (Incident command, Leadership through coaching.

Review our available course programs here.

First Nations:

Irwin’s Safety is committed to working with First Nations communities to develop comprehensive training programs that create employment opportunities both within the community and throughout the industrial world. In the past we have worked through organizations including PGNAETA and TRICORP to provide localized training to bands including the Lheidli-T’enneh, Nisga’a, and many more.

Learn more about IRWIN'S commitment to First Nations.

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IRWIN'S CONSULTING ADVANTAGE.

Regardless of your safety needs as a growing business, established company, or large-scale corporation, IRWIN'S SAFETY is ready to team up with you to generate incredible results. From Emergency Response Planning to achieving International certification, we've got you covered. If it is safety related, you can be certain we do it.

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