Occupational Health
APPS, TOOLS and CALCULATORS

Ever popular with workers and workplaces – OHCOW apps, tools and calculators translate knowledge into action
by defining a problem and/or contributing to solutions.

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Featured Apps, Tools, and Calculators

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Humidex-Based Heat Stress Calculator and Plan (Indoor Workers)

CALCULATOR • Use temperature and humidity percentage (%) to calculate humidex and get recommended actions.

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JobAssess App

WEB APP • A new web-based step-by-step app that create a Job Demands Analysis (JDA) based on the physical, sensory, cognitive and psychosocial demands of any job.

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Silica Control Tool Launches in Ontario

WEB APP • New tool helps protect Ontario construction workers from lung disease

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StressAssess App

SURVEY TOOL • A simple to use, evidence-based online survey tool designed to assist workplaces in identifying psychosocial hazards that can lead to stress and mental injury, providing suggestions and pathways to address them, thus preventing harm.

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AirAssess App

This questionnaire style app consists of three scientifically recognized questionnaires on the indoor environment (air quality), job strain (stress), and asthma symptom screening.

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Anthropometric Calculator

Our Anthropometric Calculator is an amalgamation of databases that provides the most comprehensive and concise set of body measurement data.

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CHAP-Risk Tool

December 2021 • A workplace tool used for identifying and prioritizing workplace chemical hazards.

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Class / Meeting Room Ventilation Calculation Tool

Determine the adequacy of the ventilation in your classroom using this simple Excel-based tool developed by OHCOW.

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Cold Stress Calculator

November 2021 • Determine what precautions should be taken to protect workers from cold stress-related adverse health outcomes.

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Computer Mouse Size Calculator

Using a proper size mouse is an important step to preventing injuries. The correct sized mouse will help to reduce awkward postures and contact stress on the hand and wrist.

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Diesel Exhaust Lung Cancer Relative Risk Calculator

November 2022 • Developed by OHCOW, this calculator determines the health risk of exposure to diesel exhaust.

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Glove Size Calculator

Wearing the correct sized gloves helps the risk of musculoskeletal disorders. This calculator helps you to choose the proper size based on the work you are doing and your hand size.

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HazardAssess App

The app allows you to take action to reduce or eliminate health and safety risks in your workplace by guiding you through 12 distinct health and safety topics prompting you to describe the hazard and identify its source/cause. It then provides you with ideas on how to fix it.

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Heat Stress Awareness Wheel Tool

TOOL • This cardboard wheel tool helps with calculation of humidex and provides tips for outdoor workers appropriate to the humidex level.

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Humidex-Based Heat Stress Calculator and Plan (Indoor Workers)

CALCULATOR • Use temperature and humidity percentage (%) to calculate humidex and get recommended actions.

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Job Demands Analysis

This Job Demands Analysis (JDA) tool includes both a Physical Demands Description (PDD), as well as an analysis of Cognitive and Psychosocial Demands.

Feature image of the OHCOW Job Assess App that creates a Job Demands Analysis (JDA)

JobAssess App

WEB APP • A new web-based step-by-step app that create a Job Demands Analysis (JDA) based on the physical, sensory, cognitive and psychosocial demands of any job.

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Keyboard Shortcut Tutorials

If you use a computer on a regular basis you need to be using keyboard shortcuts to minimize mouse use, increase keyboard efficiency, and reduce ergonomic risk.

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NIOSH Lifting Equation

A workplace risk assessment tool used to calculate the overall risk index for single and multiple manual lifting tasks (from CCOHS).

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Noise-induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) Audiogram Calculator

November 2021

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Occupational Exposure Limits (OEL) Adjustment Tool

An effective tool for the calculation of the adjusted workplace exposure limit, for an unusual or extended work shift, recognizing the importance of the precautionary principle in occupational exposures.

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Office Ergonomics Calculator

June 2023 • Recently Improved and Reconfigured! Reduce risks of musculoskeletal injury by adjusting your workstation.

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Office Ergonomics e-Learning

NEW! • A new 7-module e-learning resource based on the CSA Office Ergonomics Standard (Z412-17), and reflecting changes in the modern office environment as well as continuing to address ergonomic concerns related to the traditional office setting.

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Office Ergonomics Reference Guide

REFERENCE GUIDE – Updated and modernized to align with the new CSA Office Ergonomics Standard (Z412-17), our new Office Ergonomics Reference Guide now reflects changes in the office environment (i.e. multiple monitors, tablet use, remote workstations, etc.), and more…

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PainPoint App

The PainPoint app delivers a simple ergonomic assessment by running through a series of diagrams and questions to: pinpoint musculoskeletal pain; identify possible sources; discover practical solutions – right from your smartphone!

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Physical Demands Description (PDD) Toolkit

A Handbook and Template for Completing Physical Demands Descriptions A document that objectively captures and describes the physical demands that are required to perform a particular job.

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Quick Exposure Check (QEC) Tool

A practical tool, developed by OHCOW, designed to create an efficient and organized way to complete QEC assessments.

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Silica Control Tool Launches in Ontario

WEB APP • New tool helps protect Ontario construction workers from lung disease

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StressAssess App

SURVEY TOOL • A simple to use, evidence-based online survey tool designed to assist workplaces in identifying psychosocial hazards that can lead to stress and mental injury, providing suggestions and pathways to address them, thus preventing harm.

The Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA), and Strain Index calculators have been removed from the site as they are currently undergoing reconstruction work.

The Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) calculator has been removed and replaced with the Office Ergonomics Calculator.

We apologize for any inconvenience this causes but felt the need to update them to meet current standards.

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