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#OHSMatters November 2019

Author: Lisa Hallsworth

19 November 2019

Rillea Technologies Wins Quinte Business Achievement Trailblazer of the Year Award! “It is with great pride that we accept the Quinte Business Achievement Trailblazer of the Year Award”, said Lisa Hallsworth, CEO of Rillea Technologies. “It is awesome to be recognized for our forward-thinking innovation, hard work and the social good that we are leading …

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What are Designated Substances in Ontario?

Author: Lisa Hallsworth

8 March 2017

Updated: December 28th, 2020 In Ontario, the Designated Substances are defined in Table 1 of Ontario Regulation 490/09. This regulation consolidates eleven of the twelve stand-alone regulations for designated substances being used, handled or stored in Ontario and it came into effect on July 1st, 2010. The only regulation that was not consolidated was O. …

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Chemical Safety & Risk Management – It’s More Than WHMIS

Author: Rob Hallsworth

9 September 2020

Originally Posted January 29, 2019 I was very fortunate to spend 22 years working in leadership roles with ExxonMobil where I learned a business can improve its overall performance by improving its chemical safety performance. Key Concepts to Improve Safety Performance: Understand people’s needs. This is at the heart of an effective safety program. Pay …

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Do I Need to Update my Safety Data Sheets?

Author: Rob Hallsworth

13 March 2019

The first question we are asked about SDSs is around the need to update your safety data sheets. In fact, most organizations and people are more concerned with how to keep SDSs updated then they are about any health and safety issues when using the product. What the Regulations Say WHMIS 1988 stated the following …

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Summer Newsletter

Author: Lisa Hallsworth

23 July 2019

Rillea Technologies Wins Startup of the Year Award! Rillea Technologies is thrilled to announce we received Innovation Guelph’s Startup of the Year Award June 28 for our digital safety data sheet solution for safe chemical management. Hazards in Your Chemical Collection? Know Your Risk! Using SDS RiskAssist, we have digitized over 10,000 SDSs from municipalities, colleges, universities, …

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Chemicals Hazards Management – Past, Present & Future

Author: Lisa Hallsworth

13 February 2017

Does Anybody Remember These? I’m not sure why I kept this collection of Collier’s Junior Classics but being born in the 60’s, this was my introduction to the world outside my family and I found it fascinating. Fast forward a few years and I was using Collier’s Encyclopedias together with the school library collection to …

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