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Free safety tools and calculators

The numbers safety work runs on, worked out properly: how much clearance a fall needs, how long to ventilate a tank, what your injury rates really are. Built by practising Canadian safety professionals, and free to use on any job.

  • Free, no sign-up. Your numbers stay in your browser.
  • Print a report or save it as a PDF for the permit or the file.
  • Copy a link that opens the tool with your numbers.
  • The rules of every Canadian province and territory, where they apply.

Work at heights

Clearance below the worker and what a swing adds.

2 min tool

Fall clearance calculator

Check that a fall arrest system stops the worker before they hit the level below, and watch the fall play out in real time or slowed down. Lanyards and SRLs, an anchor you drag anywhere, lines over the edge, lifeline sag and worker weight, checked against CSA, ANSI and the rules of every Canadian province and territory.

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2 min tool

Swing fall calculator

See what happens when a worker anchored off to one side falls: the extra drop the swing adds, how fast they swing through the low point, how far past the anchor they travel, and whether they hit anything. Animated, with a table by distance from the anchor and the rules for every Canadian jurisdiction.

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Lifting and rigging

The tension in every sling leg, in 3D.

2 min tool

Sling angle and rigging load calculator

See a lift in 3D and the tension in every sling leg: bridles of one to four legs, chokers and baskets, chain, wire rope, web and round slings, an off-centre centre of gravity and how far the load tilts. Checked against the sling ratings, the 30° rule and the rigging rules of every Canadian jurisdiction.

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Confined spaces

Purge time, airflow and where the air goes.

3 min tool

Confined space ventilation calculator

Work out how long to ventilate a confined space before entry, in a 3D view of the space with its manways, vents and every air mover. Blowers, extraction fans and manway-mounted venturis and fans, purge time by dilution and air changes, airflow while occupied scaled to the size of the space, H₂S, CO, LEL and oxygen limits for every Canadian province and territory, ongoing releases, and a printable ventilation plan.

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Cold and first aid

Warm-up breaks, and the first aid your site needs.

2 min tool

Cold stress calculator: work and warm-up schedule

Work out the wind chill, how fast exposed skin can freeze, and the work and warm-up schedule for outdoor work in the cold: the ACGIH schedule used across Canada, with the cold stress rules of every province and territory and a printable plan.

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2 min tool

First aid requirements calculator

Find the first aid kits, trained first aiders, first aid room and transport your workplace needs, from the number of workers, the hazard of the work and how far it is to a hospital, under the first aid rules of every Canadian province, territory and federal workplaces.

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Safety statistics

The rates your clients, WCB and auditors ask for.

2 min tool

TRIF and lost-time injury rate calculator

Work out your total recordable injury frequency (TRIF), lost-time injury frequency (LTIF), disabling injury rate and severity rate per 200,000 or 1,000,000 hours, and compare them with Alberta’s 2024 rates.

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2 min tool

DART rate calculator

Calculate your DART rate, TRIR, DAFW, DJTR and severity rate for one year or several, see the trend, and compare with Alberta’s disabling injury rate and the US private-industry average. Includes a case budget for next year’s target.

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COR

How ready your program is for its audit, and what COR pays back.

5 min tool

COR readiness self-check

A free 27-question self-check against the parts of a health and safety program a COR audit scores. Get a readiness score for each area, see where an auditor would take points, and what to fix first.

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2 min tool

COR rebate and WCB premium calculator

Estimate your WCB premium and what a Certificate of Recognition is worth: Alberta’s Partnerships in Injury Reduction refunds for COR and SECOR holders, and the COR incentives in BC, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Yukon.

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Keep the numbers with the rest of your program

TruStar Connect holds your permits, inspections, incidents, training and rates in one place, ready for your COR audit.

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