Occupational health and safety field visits, workplaces visited, and orders issued

A field visit occurs when a ministry inspector visits a workplace to assess compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and regulations. A workplace is considered any land, premises, physical location or thing at, upon, in or near which a worker work. An inspector may visit the same workplace multiple times. During the field visit, the inspector can issue orders to different companies ("contraveners") at a workplace to achieve compliance with OHSA and regulations. Inspectors can also issue legal direction to workplace parties notifying them of their obligation to co-operate and to provide requested information. This dataset includes the: * date of the field visit * type of visit (for example, initial or follow-up) * case type (inspection or investigation) * case status * workplace visited, including workplace ID, name, location and NAICS code * contravener's name and role, where applicable * orders issued under OHSA and regulations, where applicable *[OHSA]: Occupational Health and Safety Act *[NAICS]: North American Industry Classification System

Publisher

Government of Ontario

Resources

29

Catalogue metadata updated

2026-04-17