CCOHS: Hazards

CCOHS: Workplace

CCOHS: WHMIS/GHS/(M)SDS

CCOHS: Ergonomic

CCOHS: Program Development

CCOHS: Impairment

CCOHS: Legislation

CCOHS: Acts and Regulations

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

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Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

a-duplicate-link-text-for-different-destinations

March 2026

February 2026

Title / URL	Issues
CCOHS: Hazardswww.ccohs.ca/topics/hazards	67
CCOHS: Workplacewww.ccohs.ca/topics/hazards/workplace	22
CCOHS: WHMIS/GHS/(M)SDSwww.ccohs.ca/topics/legislation/WHMIS	21
CCOHS: Ergonomicwww.ccohs.ca/topics/hazards/ergonomic	19
CCOHS: Program Developmentwww.ccohs.ca/topics/wellness/program	18
CCOHS: Impairmentwww.ccohs.ca/topics/wellness/impairment	17
CCOHS: Legislationwww.ccohs.ca/topics/legislation	17
CCOHS: Acts and Regulationswww.ccohs.ca/topics/legislation/acts	17
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safetywww.ccohs.ca/	16
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.ccohs.ca/	16

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Where this issue has occurred