Conference Sessions
Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
The Road to Zero
Tom Beegan, Chief Prevention Officer, Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
 Join Tom Beegan as he provides a two year update on the WSIB’s strategic plan to realize the shared vision of eliminating all workplace injuries, illnesses, and deaths in Ontario. You will hear about significant initiatives in progress such as the development and release of a new Prevention Strategy, refocusing the Health and Safety Associations to enable enhanced frontline service, undertaking a review of current incentive programs, the introduction of a new Service Delivery Model, and the development of a new People Strategy to support WSIB staff in achieving The Road to Zero. It’s all part of the WSIB’s continuing commitment to work with stakeholders to instill in all Ontarians a clear understanding and belief that there really are no accidents.
What Would a Judge Say? Measuring your OHS Program Against Legal Compliance Standards
Ryan Conlin, LLB, Stringer Brisbin Humphrey
Yvonne O’Reilly, CRSP, O’Reilly Health & Safety Consulting
Maintaining an effective occupational health and safety program that eliminates or controls your workplace hazards will help you demonstrate that you are meeting your due diligence obligations. This session will include the perspective of a lawyer and safety professional on how you can evaluate the effectiveness of your OHS program. You will get some easy tools to evaluate your program against established standards; a review of case law and enforcement trends; and some steps on how to involve the JHSC in the evaluation process.
Machine Safety
Jeremy Warning, Heenan Blaikie LLP; John Murphy, Vickers Warnick; Walter Veugen, Veugen Integrated Technologies; Ministry of Labour; Mari-Len De Guzman, Editor, Canadian Occupational Safety magazine
Is your machinery compliant with safety regulations? As government continues to beef up OHS enforcement with focused inspections and heavy fines, how do you ensure your machines stay safe for your workers and your bottom line? Canadian Occupational Safety and Manufacturing Automation magazines present a comprehensive discussion on machine guarding featuring cross-industry thought leaders, including both legal and technology experts offering their insights to help you keep your workplace and your machinery safe.
Guarding Minds @ Work (GM@W): A Workplace Guide to Psychological Safety and Health
Dr. Joti Samra, RPsych., Dr. Merv Gilbert, RPsych., Dr. Martin Shain, SJD, Dr. Dan Bilsker, RPsych.
Guarding Minds @ Work (GM@W) comprises a comprehensive set of freely available, evidence-based resources that employers can use to identify and address 12 key psychosocial risk factors in their organization with the overarching aim of creating a psychologically safe and healthy work environment. GM@W was launched in April 2009 as a response to the growing need of employers to understand, assess and effectively address workplace factors that affect the health of organizations and employees. This presentation will provide an update on additional GM@W resources that have been created over the past year, and will also highlight results of pilot evaluation activities that have taken place with organizations of a range of sizes and sectors. GM@W has been developed by researchers at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University. This project has been commissioned by the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace and funded by The Great-West Life Assurance Company.
PPE Programs, an Essential Part of OHS Management
Dave Shanahan, OHS Standards Project Manager, CSA Standards
National standards on OHS and Emergency Management lay out the foundational principles for controlling hazards and managing risks. They also provide guidance on what contingency plans need to be in place when things go wrong. Advancements in technology and new types of personal protective equipment have allowed the specification of better protection against articular types of hazards. Making the right protection choices for the job and properly maintaining high-tech equipment is much more challenging in the 21st century. This presentation, based on expert guidance from CSA Technical Committees, will help OHS managers and safety coordinators put it all together – to administer PPE programs as part of a well-designed management system.
Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Falls Prevention
Bill Sisler, Area Manager, HSAGS
Falls are the second largest cause of workplace death in North America. This session will give you an overview of how to recognize and evaluate fall hazards; legislation, standards and guidelines that apply to fall hazards; and the controls. You will receive tools to create a plan of action to reduce injuries from falls in your workplace. This workshop will also give you the opportunity to see samples of different types of fall protection equipment. You will learn more about what equipment to use for different job applications, how to use and maintain the equipment and lots more.
Tongue Fu™ – The Art of Dealing with Difficult People Without Becoming One Yourself
Joan Craven, Craven Communications
Are your communications techniques ready for the future? Joan Craven is a certified Tongue Fu!® instructor who will give real life examples that are applicable on and off the job. Focusing on original ideas that work, you’ll leave with dozens of diplomatic responses to situations that face you everyday. This workshop is filled with practical information you can use right away to improve your communication with just about anybody. Learn to identify 6 trigger words – words to use and words to lose so that conversations are helpful not hurtful. Learn what to do when people frustrate you or complain – defusing the situation instead of escalating it. Learn how to stop name calling and blaming, the art of tactful termination to end time-wasters extending your day, and how to choose your battles. Techniques to help you be the kind of person you want to be even when others around you are not.
Respirator Use and Fit Testing Methods for Bioaerosols
Beverley A. Borst, RN, BScN, MA, Technical Service Specialist, 3M Canada Company
This workshop will enable participants to understand respirator use in the event of a bioaerosol exposure. Participants will also understand key components of a respiratory program focusing on medical surveillance, user training and fit testing. Participants will be shown how to conduct the most common QLFT and QNFT methods for fit testing tight fitting face piece respirators. The overall benefit for the attendee will be a comprehensive understanding of proper use of respirators, not just selection.
Tuesday 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Ministry of Labour Priorities
Sophie Dennis, Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division, Ontario Ministry of Labour
This session will familiarize you with the Ministry of Labour’s role in workplace safety and the Safe At Work Ontario compliance strategy (including details of enforcement blitzes and sector strategies). Attend this session to hear more about the Ministry’s priorities for 2010/11 and about amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (coming into force in June) that will define workplace violence and workplace harassment and describe employer duties.
Collaboration Works!
Join a panel of experts from industry, suppliers, and the health and safety system to discuss the advantages and lessons learned of working together to meet common interests and solve problems. Each panel member will bring their perspective and experience about working collaboratively to solve health and safety issues in an industry sector.
Demonstrating Safety in Every Task
Bob Peters, CRSP, CHSC, Senior Technical Engineer, Health & Safety, Ontario Power Generation
OPG believes that all injuries are preventable and has a long established vision of “Zero Injuries, Believe It, Achieve It”. This presentation is focused toward industries which require the highest standards of safety. Those industries might include petrochemical, aerospace, utilities, hospitals, railways and others where a strong safety culture with rigorous error prevention strategies is essential. You will learn how Darlington Nuclear utilizes Safe Work Planning components in assessing work, pre job briefing, work execution and supervisory oversight. You will also learn how leading edge human performance and conventional safety techniques can help achieve “zero” injuries.
Mental Health Commission’s Leadership Project
Mary Ann Baynton, MSW, RSW, Mary Ann Baynton & Associates Consulting
Senior leaders in labour and management who recognize the legal, financial, productivity, and ethical imperatives that make improving workplace mental health, understand that it is a sound business decision. This session will review current and evolving legislation and regulations that require workplaces to be psychologically safe and how mental health fits into OH&S. Content will also include a review of resources that allow leaders to assess and identify potential risks, establish baseline costs and measure improvements, provide frontline supervisors with information, tools and resources, understand what to delegate to HR, occupational health professionals, accounting, and management to get a comprehensive approach, and help employees who may be struggling with mental health concerns.
Emergency Preparedness
Catherine Blair, Emergency Management Coordinator, City of Mississauga
Planning for an emergency shouldn’t be done in an emergency. Taking the time to create an emergency management plan can be the difference between safety and disaster. This session will cover some of the basics when working with municipalities and emergency services and, most importantly, it will provide insight into the creation of an emergency management plan. This presentation will cover the emergency management plan and program at the City of Mississauga. The Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act that mandates that municipalities have an emergency plan. Plans for business and citizens will also be discussed. This is useful for those who will work directly with their local municipality in an emergency.
Tuesday 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Ontario’s Workplace Safety System Review
John Vander Doelen, Director, Review Project Secretariat
Recently the province announced that it was convening an expert advisory panel to conduct a comprehensive review of the province’s OHS prevention and enforcement system. This session will outline the scope of the review, and provide insight into the issues that will be examined such as the continuum of safety practices in the workplace, the impact of the underground economy on OHS practices, how current legislation serves worker safety, etc.
Do you Hire Young Workers? What You Need To Know
Panel Discussion
Workers who are new to the job, and employed less than a month, have a much higher injury rate than more experienced workers. Providing a safe working environment, and ensuring a safe start from the get go is not only the right thing to do, it’s the law. Join our discussion to learn about the key areas that a Ministry of Labour Inspector would want to ensure employers have in place for young workers.
As an element of this session, a panel discussion will feature three companies sharing their best practices and learnings that have been used to orient their young workers. Take away some valuable tips and ideas that you can apply to your own young worker orientation program.
Creating Healthy Organizations: How Vibrant Workplaces Inspire Employees to Achieve Sustainable Success
Graham Lowe, Ph.D., The Graham Lowe Group Inc.
 Workplace expert Graham Lowe will share insights from his new book, Creating Healthy Organizations. Just as healthy people are vigorous, thriving, resilient, and fit, Graham will outline how the same healthy qualities describe high-performing organizations – and, from an employee’s perspective, an excellent place to work. Being healthy is an ideal that any organization can aspire to achieve. The building blocks of a healthy organization are a vibrant workplace that inspires employees, a positive culture and an inclusive approach to leadership. This session will help you to become a more effective agent for healthy change in your organization.
Health & Safety for Immigrant Workers
David Powers, Director Health, Safety & Environment, Oxford Food Group, Nova Scotia, and Peter MacLeod, Policy Officer, Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Workforce Development
In recognition of changing demographics and human resources challenges, governments across Canada have had to reconsider and modernize traditional policy direction. Cross-Canadian and International Labour mobility is unprecedented, and in many jurisdictions, employers have faced staffing difficulties and labour shortages. Within the field of workplace health and safety, these new realities have led to emerging policy questions related to Canadians born in foreign countries, and temporary foreign workers.
Social research findings point out some common hazards related to our increasingly diverse workforce. Oxford Food has been employing workers from Mexico since 2007. You will hear about their program, how they deal with the language and culture differences in a fair and consistent manner, and how the company wins by having an even more dedicated workforce contributing to the bottom line. The speakers will give you tools and ideas to take back to your own workplace.
Saving Lives – Medical Evaluations and Drug and Alcohol Testing
Greg Demers, Medical Evaluations and Strategic Business Development Manager, CannAmm Occupational Testing Services
Fitness for duty takes on a whole new meaning when you consider workplace accidents that are directly or indirectly related to substance abuse. This session will review policy development, human rights issues, supervisor and employee training, accepted practices and methodologies, confidentiality, reasonable grounds, and more. If you have or are considering implementing a drug testing program, you will leave with important information to guide you along the way. Learn what is and is not acceptable, and how to reduce risk and liabilities related to substance abuse in the workplace.
Collisions versus Sharing the Road
Don Danbrook, Regional Manager, IHSA
Motor vehicle collisions have been cited as one of the most preventable causes of premature deaths in North America. The prevention of collisions comes down to one main factor – the driver making the right choices based on the situation. Speeding, tailgating, and aggressive driving are choices. Hear about some of the problems identified and the choices that we all have.
Tuesday 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ontario’s New Workplace Violence and Harassment Legislation
Cheryl Edwards, Partner, and Jeremy Warning, Senior Associate, Heenan Blaikie LLP, Andrew Harkness, Senior Strategy Advisor, Healthy Workplaces, SWPSO
Bill 168, An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace and other matters, received Royal Assent on December 15, 2009. The amendments to the Act will come into force on June 15, 2010. At that time, Ontario workplaces will be required to have the necessary policies, programs, measures and procedures in place.
This two-part session will give you critical insights into the key issues and challenges of Bill 168.
Part 1 will cover the legal perspective. Learn about the seven key areas in this legislation
- mandatory new employer policies,
- required programs,
- required training,
- required risk assessments,
- worker rights,
- obligations to respond to domestic violence in the workplace, and
- employer reporting requirements
Part 2 of this session will help you understand what the new requirements mean for you in your workplace and what you need to do to be in compliance.
Learn how to develop violence and harassment policies and programs, reporting and incident investigations procedures, and a process to deal with incidents, complaints and threats of violence.
Return to Work – Case Management and Privacy
Henrietta Van hulle, Program Specialist, HSAGS
Your return-to-work (RTW) program is in place and now you need to put it to work! This session provides practical tips on managing the RTW program from establishing early contact, collaborating with physicians and preparing for the employee’s actual return to work. Maintaining privacy and confidentiality during the RTW process will also be discussed.
Tuesday 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Complacency – The Silent Killer
Larry Wilson, Vice President, Electrolab
What kills and injures more people – lack of compliance or complacency? This session will show you that even when people are compliant with the procedures, are aware of the hazards, and know the PPE requirement, injuries still occur.
All acute injuries have at least three contributing factors: a source of danger, a person and something unexpected also has to happen. In the majority of injuries, complacency plans a significant part. Complacency makes it easier for people to take their eyes and mind off task. Not watching what you’re doing and not thinking about what you’re doing can easily lead to product damage, minor and major injuries. Learn what you and your company can do to efficiently minimize the effects of complacency in your workplace.
Using CAD Software as a Map-Driven Support System for JHSCs
Chris McLeod, OCT, Ph.D., M.A.
Ontario has significant workplace health and safety requirements with intensive data management requirements. The complexity of this data has outgrown traditional text and image data management in effective use for communication, training and evaluation, particularly in an era of multilingualism and literacy challenges in workplaces. By introducing the spatial organizing element into health and safety, CAD software can be used to create a spatial database system to support the JHSC in recognizing, assess, and controlling hazards in the workplace. Data can now be presented in dynamic map format that. Attend this session to see how the results of a risk assessment can be mapped into a CAD drawing of the workplace – an innovative way to visually represent hazards and risk.
Best Practices in Disability Management
Dianne Dyck, RN, BN, MSc, COHN-S, COHN(C), CRSP, Author of Disability Management: Theory, Strategy and Industry Practice
Based on case law and best practices, the field of disability management is an emerging field. Are you up to date on the current best practices? This presentation discusses the 18 best practices for employers and practitioners to know. Get some tips and tools to take back to enhance your own disability management program.
Lift Truck Operations – More Than Training Your Operators
Carmine Benedetti, General Manager Operations, IHSA
Although training is essential and an important element towards lift truck safety, it is not enough to eliminate accidents. The development and implementation of a comprehensive lift truck safety program must occur in order to be most effective. This seminar will explore elements that need to be considered and in place for a successful ‘Lift Truck Safety Program’. Areas covered will include associated hazards; facility design; traffic management; lift truck selection; pre-use of lift trucks; general safety practices; safe operating procedures and maintenance and repair.
Attend this session to learn ways you can improve your own lift truck program.
Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)
Jo-Anne Hurd, B.P.H.E., CK, CRSP, Ergonomic/Health Specialist, WSN
MSDs accounted for 43 percent of all Workplace Safety and Insurance injury and claim costs in Ontario in 2007. This session will provide a practical approach to the prevention of MSD risk factors for all workers in the workplace. Attendees will obtain a thorough understanding of what MSDs are and how to recognize them. The participants will learn the “why” of MSDs through focusing on human anatomy, biomechanics of lifting, and the physiology behind human movement. Knowing the “why” factor brings the awareness to a personal level, challenging the participants to think and move differently, therefore improving their quality of life at and off work.
Temporary Workers and Your Responsibilities: Choose Your Partner Wisely
Jan Hill, Consultant, SWPSO
Do you hire or employ temporary workers? Do you know your joint responsibilities and what to look for in a credible temporary agency? Discover the tools needed to address these questions and learn what to look for when hiring or contracting from an agency.
Wednesday 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Young Worker Safety Improvements through Partnership
Ontario Power Generation (OPG)
Across Ontario, young workers continue to experience higher numbers of injuries than more experienced workers. While the trend is improving, there is much more work to be done. In this presentation, you will learn the approach taken by OPG to manage young worker safety, in partnership with our unions and external safety advocates. We will share a video developed by the Youth Council of the Provincial Labour Management Safety Committee, called “A Vision of Young Workers”, which can be rolled out in your organization training program. You will learn the importance of obtaining senior management commitment, developing a plan, and of partnerships. This will be of interest to those organizations that want to get involved but don’t know where to start.
Finding Balance
Joan Craven, Craven Communications
Come hear Joan’s 7 Step Program to develop a plan and gain back control within your life. Learn how to set priorities and identify what is in your control and what is not. What techniques work best to manage your time, assist your employees manage theirs and still remain part of a well-functioning team? Learning to say “no” and setting boundaries will be examined. Create a personal plan and have a little fun while you develop simple strategies to use immediately.
What in the World is a Healthy Workplace?
Joan Burton, Joan Burton & Associates, Workplace Wellness
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the terrible price being paid globally for workplace injuries and ill health. This price is paid by workers and their families in human terms and by businesses in financial terms. Whether the workplace is part of a large multinational corporation based in an industrialized country like Canada, or a small business in a developing nation, there are things that employers and workers in collaboration can do to create a healthy workplace. The WHO is in the process of developing a Global Framework for Healthy Workplaces, as well as Guidance documents for employers and workers, to outline a model for healthy workplaces that can be applied to any organization, large or small, in any country. This presentation will describe the global model and show how it can be applied to firms in Ontario. It will discuss the advantages to workers, but also show the business case, and the fact that worker health and organizational health are inextricably intertwined.
Slips, Trips and the Loss of Balance: A New Approach to Slips in the Workplace
Michael Atkinson, Field Consultant, Education Team, HSAGS
This session will look at a methodical way of addressing one of the most significant hazards in the workplace, the slip. Through a simple detailed analysis, we can focus on reducing slips and falls in the workplace. This new approach will examine all the factors from the ground up, and determine what can be controlled and what cannot. Participants will walk away safely with a new approach to resolving an old challenge.
Antenna Installations – Are We Safe?
Sheldon H. Scrivens, CES CRSP, Safety Specialist
As the world continues to move into the information era, there is an ever increasing demand and expectation that we, as a society, should be able to communicate wirelessly wherever we happen to be. A result of this demand is a need to constantly widen and strengthen wireless network capability which in turn means growth in RF field strength and placement of wireless transmitters and receivers. Whether you are a building owner, property manager, hygienist, safety specialist, cell network provider or a rooftop worker, each stakeholder has a responsibility to ensure antenna installations are functional, cost effective and above all, safe. This session uses a case study to illustrate a risk assessment process to identify Antenna RF exposures including why we need to be concerned, who is likely to be exposed and where, when we should initiate action, and how to address hazards associated with antenna installations.
Wednesday 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Ministry of Labour Mock Trial
Cheryl A. Edwards, Partner, Heenan Blaikie LLP
Jeremy Warning, Senior Associate, Heenan Blaikie LLP
Brian Fukuzawa, Counsel, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Labour
Sarah Loosemore, Counsel, Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Labour
Vic Pakalnis, P.Eng., M.Eng., MBA, Kinross Professor in Mining and Sustainability, Queen’s University
 Have you ever wondered what could happen if you had a serious injury or fatality at your workplace and the Ministry laid charges? What would it take to defend yourself and your company’s actions? This is your opportunity to see it first hand. A judge, crown prosecutor, defence lawyers and supporting cast will actually stage a full trial. Come and see what due diligence really is and what it means in the courtroom.
CSA Z462 and “Practical” Electrical Safe Work Planning
Mike Doherty, Health & Safety Consultant, IHSA
This will be a very practical and hands-on workshop that will comprehensively cover all electrical hazards involved with the execution of electrical work including direct contact and arc flash and blast. It will cover a four step process – identify, quantify, select PPE and tools, and document, document, document – and specific electrical tasks from your business. The NFPA- 70E and the upcoming CSA Z462 will be referenced. Qualifications, training and electrical safety programs will also be discussed.
Industrial Ventilation: An Introduction to Airborne Contaminant Control, Removal and Atmospheric Dispersion to Ensure a Healthy Workplace
Michael A. Flood, Senior Technical Specialist, and John Alberico, Principal, RWDI AIR Inc.
The control of gases, fumes, dust, odours, or any other airborne nuisance or hazard is a common requirement in industrial workplaces. The correct capture, control and ventilation of these workplace contaminants is often poorly understood or dealt with, resulting in increased risk of worker exposure that poses a challenge and concern for supervisors and managers. This two-part presentation deals with the fundamentals of industrial ventilation, the individual parts of the systems including the internal and external (stacks) components used to curtail the hazard, reduce risk, and improve indoor air quality, and introduces the different types of control mechanisms used to remove the pollutant and ensure proper atmospheric dispersion such that it does not become subject to possible re-entry into the workspace through building openings. Typical problems and mitigative solutions will be presented through examination of topic fundamentals and concepts, selected projects recently completed, and by using visual demonstrations.
Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) – An Ontario Perspective
Panel of speakers:
Ministry of Labour, Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, Centre for Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders, Institute for Work & Health, and SWPSO
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are still the number one type of work-related lost-time claim reported to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board in Ontario. Recently, federal regulations were introduced that require employers to address MSD hazards, and in 2007, the Ontario government released guidelines and tools to help prevent these painful and costly injuries. A facilitated discussion will take place between the system partners and participants providing an update on the state of musculoskeletal disorders in Ontario since the release of the guidelines, the implementation of system initiatives and employer response. What has worked, what has not, how are the stats, what is happening moving forward, challenges companies face etc. This interactive session will also provide you the opportunity to ask questions of the panelists surrounding MSD’s and ergonomics as well as providing your input on the next steps.
Wednesday 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Boost Morale, Decrease Personal Stress and Be Happier on the Job!
Tim Westhead, OCT, BA, MA, BEd., Faculty of Education, Queen’s University (Ret.) and Tim Westhead Productions
Be entertained and enlightened by this nominee for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence. Increase staff morale with a humorous session that will have you and your co-workers laughing – and feeling great! Use Tim’s powerful and practical suggestions to bring some fun to your workplace, increase motivation and productivity and lessen stress. Hear about current research from medical experts, advice from humour experts, and specific, effective, no-cost and low-cost strategies that increase employee morale and decrease their stress. Attendees will also learn strategies for stress relief and a healthy lifestyle and workplace, including personal and workplace-based activities.
Contractor Safety Management
Ryan Downing, Corporate Safety Director, Stebbins Engineering;
Dianne Tolgyesi, B.Sc.(Kin), CRSP, Principal Consultant, SWPSO
In this ever changing world, hiring contractors is a reality for every business and yet many firms are not aware of their legal obligations when they hire contractors. Attend this session to learn more about the Ontario Regulations with respect to hiring out- side contractors, pre-qualification based on safety performance, ongoing screening of on-site activities and more. In addition, learn about a world class contractor safety management program from Stebbins Engineering, an international company specializing in design and installation for both the pulp and paper and mining industries. Stebbins operates around the world and utilizes thousands of local contractors.
Health & Safety Issues at Illicit Drug and Marijuana Grow Operations
Neil McManus, CIH, ROH, CSP, NorthWest Occupational Health and Safety
Marijuana grow-ops usually occupy rooms in basements and sometimes upper floors in occupied homes, and sometimes commercial and industrial buildings. A ‘crop’ is harvestable in 30 to 45 days. Some grow-ops reflect a high level of technical sophistication. Clandestine drug labs can be set up anywhere that power is available and often are innocuous to all but the most trained eye. They are set up in kitchens and sometimes dedicated rooms in occupied homes. A wide range of government workers from social workers and municipal workers to building and workplace inspectors to police and firefighters encounter these operations, sometimes daily in their jobs. This presentation will apply a detailed hazard assessment to identify risks encountered by different groups of service workers and control measures for addressing them. It will also examine the process of rehabilitating the building following discovery of these activities.
Addressing Workplace Bullying and Domestic Violence
Patti Boucher, VP Client and Consulting Service, HSAGS Community and Healthcare Team
On June 15, 2010, the Occupational Health and Safety Act will include explicit employer responsibilities to prevent workplace violence, including harassment and domestic violence in the workplace. Attend this session for practical tips for the employer, manager and worker to identify, assess and control the risks of workplace bullying and domestic violence. Suggestions for workplace procedures and educational program content will also be included.
Wednesday 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
High Performing Teams
Patsy Marshall, Train-on-Track
Your joint occupational health and safety team may be functioning, yet is it a truly high performing team? Come prepared to learn the seven characteristics of a high performing team, as applied to the acronym PERFORM. You will be given the opportunity to reflect on your team’s strengths and areas for improvement. This session will be focused, interactive, practical and upbeat.
Teaching Supervisors to be Safety Coaches
Shawn Galloway, President and COO, ProAct Safety Inc.
Supervisors influence worker behaviour perhaps more than any level in an organization. Most supervisors have not received formal training to coach, much less to coach safety. This session will discuss the unique position of supervisors, how they are promoted or hired, and how this position is both influential and often lacking in the basic training necessary to be effective. There will also be a discussion about when supervisor safety coaching training should be delivered to fit with other safety efforts. The content and sequence of the training will be reviewed along with a discussion of who can best deliver the training within the organization to ensure best results.
Other content will include the follow-up necessary to make sure the training transitions into real practice and methods to continuously improve the training delivery. The conclusion is a challenge and a formula to assess the potential impact of such training in your own organization.
Global Harmonization of Machine Guarding Standards – A Canadian Perspective
John Murphy, Machine Guarding and Safety Specialist, Vickers-Warnick Ltd
This session will review the current status of Canadian machine guarding and safety standards. How can the globalization of standards positively impact the economic health of manufacturers in Canada and worldwide? Which domestic and international organizations are involved in the globalization of machine guarding and safety standards?
What is happening today in the Canadian and international efforts towards the globalization of machine guarding and safety standards? What are the potential barriers to the effective global harmonization of standards? Attend this session to hear the answers to these questions.
So You Think You Survived the Disaster
Scott Hood, B.A.Sc. CET, CRSP, Principal Consultant, SWPSO
The storm has subsided. However, the water levels are flooding your basement. Several of your employees and key managers are seriously injured. Your inventory has been damaged along with some of your manufacturing equipment. Is your organization ready to resume operations? With business continuity planning the answer is yes! This session will look at the general requirements any organization should consider so they can resume operations in as short a period of time as is possible. It will also give you several sources for more information to customize a plan to your organizations unique needs.
GHS: How WHMIS May Change
Lorraine Davison, Manager, Chemical Services, CCOHS
The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) will create more consistent communication of chemical hazard information around the world. Although Canada’s WHMIS legislation has not yet adopted GHS, it will do so in the next few years. This presentation will provide a closer look at how WHMIS may change in terms of requirements for classification, labels and MSDSs. The session will feature sample WHMIS hazard classifications for products - before and after WHMIS adopts GHS (though final rules are unknown). The impact of these classifications to labels and MSDSs will be shown. Useful resources for WHMIS after GHS awareness will be identified.
Accident Investigation: Are You Evaluating the Obvious?
John VanLenthe, Principal Consultant, SWPSO
Although you have a program in place, how can you be sure that your supervisors are performing comprehensive investigations? Discover strategies and tools that will help evaluate the effectiveness of your accident investigation program in order to improve outcomes and prevent recurrences.
Partnering with Researchers to Improve Health and Safety in your Organization
Kiera Keown, Knowledge Transfer Associate, Institute for Work & Health, and Kim Grant, Manager Research and Product Development, SWPSO
There are many opportunities for workplaces to become involved in OHS research and new product development. This session will provide participants with an overview of how workers have collaborated with research teams to assist the Ontario health and safety system. Specifically we will highlight the role that workplaces played in developing pictograms to address the needs of low literacy vulnerable workers. You will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive session to discuss effective knowledge transfer practices to workplaces. This discussion can help health and safety system partners to more effectively meet the needs of workplaces when sharing evidence-based tools or best practices.
Health & Safety E-Course
Visit the e-learning classroom and take a health and safety e-course at no charge. Each course is for one hour and you get a certificate when you are done. Limit one course per participant during the conference. Seating is first come, first served. Find out how easy e-learning can be.
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