S.A.F.E. Engineering – Thorough Pre-Start Health and Safety Review (PHSR)

We at S.A.F.E. Engineering, provide a comprehensive and affordable pre-start up safety review. Keeping employees safe, especially in industries such as: chemical manufacturing, food and beverage, aerospace and packaging is of paramount importance. While you will have no difficulty finding companies providing PHSR in Ontario, not all of them offer the same high-caliber of service, as we do.

What Does the PSR/PSHR Legislation, Section 7 of the Ontario Regulation for Industrial Establishments (O. Reg 851), Mandate?

Under this legislation, industrial establishments must have a pre start health and safety review performed by a P. Eng. This extensive examination covers multiple things, including apparatuses, structures, and protective elements or processes as defined in the Section 7 table of O. Reg 851. In other words, for these industries to remain compliant with current Ontario laws and regulations, they need to have a PSR assessment to identify anything that requires specific actions, steps, or engineering controls.

At S.A.F.E. Engineering, we provide an in-depth written report of our results known as a pre-start health and safety review to our customers. The objective is to uncover anything that could jeopardize human lives.

When PSR/PSHR – Pre-Start Health & Safety Reviews in Ontario Are Required

PSR/PHSR- Ontario- Storage and Dispensing of Flammable Liquids

A PSR/PSHR is required when flammable liquids are located or dispensed in a building, room or area.

PSR/PSHR- Ontario- Machine Guarding

A pre-start health and safety review (PSR/PSHR) is required when any one of the following is used as a protective element in connection with an apparatus

Safeguarding devices that signal the apparatus to stop, including but not limited to safety light curtains and screens, area scanning safeguarding systems, radio frequency systems and capacitance safeguarding systems, safety mat systems, two-hand control systems, two-hand tripping systems and single or multiple beam systems. Barrier guards that use interlocking mechanical or electrical safeguarding devices.

PSR/PSHR- Ontario- Racks and Racking Systems

When Material is placed or being stored on a structure that is a rack or stacking structure. The most common examples in the warehouse area of the plant are:

industrial pallet racks

moveable shelf racks

stacker racks

drive-in and drive-through racks, and

cantilever racks.

They are made of cold-formed, hot-rolled steel, wood, aluminum or concrete structural members.

PSR/PSHR- Ontario- Potentially Explosive Processes

A PSR/PSHR is required if a process involves the risk of ignition or explosion that creates a condition of imminent hazard to a person’s health or safety. Examples of such process include processing of flammable liquids or combustible liquids heated above their flash point or flammable gases or combustible dusts in suspension.

PSR/PHSR- Ontario- Dust Collectors

A PSR/PSHR would be required when the use of a dust collector or filter receiver in processes involving the handling of combustible/conductive dusts, such as flour, chocolate powder, paint or wood dust, aluminum or other metal dusts may create a condition of imminent hazard to a person’s health or safety.

PSR/PSHR- Ontario- Molten Metal and Foundries

A PSR/PSHR would be required when a factory produces aluminum or steel, or is a foundry that melts material or handles molten material.

PSR/PSHR- Ontario- Lifting Devices

A PSR/PSHR is required when the construction, addition, installation or modification relates to a lifting device, travelling crane or automobile hoist.

You will obtain important data that protects your organization with our pre-start review. There is no space for mistake when it comes to safety. Make sure that your business complies 100% by having S.A.F.E. Engineering carry out a pre-start safety review. Call today for more information or to schedule an assessment.