Available Free to Canadian Stone Companies

The Marble Institute of America (MIA) is proud to announce the release of a new edition of its technical module, Health and Safety in the Stone Business.          

Modified for stone businesses in Ontario, Canada, it is the result of collaboration between the MIA Safety Committee and the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (Ontario). It is available at no charge in both English and French Canadian at www.marble-institute.com/canada. 

Paolo Mantenuto of Marble & Marble in Concord, Ontario said, “This is a document that needs to be part of safety and health programs of every stone company in Ontario. It offers tailored guidelines based on industry best practices. All parties involved in the creation of this document should be proud of the result.”

This technical module is a 64 page guide on safety procedures for personal protective equipment, respiratory protection, hazard communication, equipment operations, slab handling, and much more. It incorporates the content of the various MIA safety videos and is the perfect handout for use by natural stone fabricators and distributors for employee safety meetings and employee orientation.

MIA Industry Information Manager, Mike Loflin, explained the companion website, “Canadian stone companies can visit www.marble-institute.com/canada and download the document for free. The web page also contains an ever-evolving list of MIA initiatives relevant to the Canadian market.”

This guide is recommended for fabricators, importers, and stone distributors and is based on the MIA Technical Module, Safety in the Stone Business, used by U.S. stone companies. Revisions for the Canadian complement include pertinent references to Ontario’s OHS Act, Health Canada’s Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), Canadian Standards Association (CSA), etc. 

The MIA would like to extend a thank you to:

  • Infrastructure Health & Safety Association (Ontario) for their careful review and suggestions to make sure this guide had applicability in Ontario.
  • Polycor for their contributions for the French translation.

More information on the U.S. version of the safety module can be found on the association’s website: http://www.marble-institute.com.