Vertikal (471-481 King St E) | 23 & 19 fl | U/C

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The OHSA says that employers have a legal duty to ensure that workers use appropriate protective equipment, and workers have a legal duty to use any protective equipment required by the employer. Maybe it's hard to enforce, but the law seems pretty clear.

https://www.ontario.ca/document/guide-oc...section-13

I'm well aware of what the laws says. Employers have plausible deniability since they provide the gear and we all sign forms saying we're gonna work safe. The only time I've seen ministry people is after a big accident like someone losing a foot in an auger, or when a crane counter-weight slipped and crushed a man's leg.

Yes, although employers are supposed to enforce, it's probably too hard to do so in practice when nothing bad happens if the culture is a certain way.