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Workplace Safety North (WSN) health and safety champions appointed to new Prevention Council Nancy Hutchison and Roy Slack, now former members of WSN’s Mining Advisory Committee, have joined the 11-member council comprised of health and safety experts from a broad range of backgrounds. The role of the council is to support the efforts of the Chief Prevention Officer George Gritziotis, and to advise the Minister of Labour on health and safety issues. Hutchison, the secretary treasurer of the Ontario Federation of Labour, is one of four labour representatives on the council. She worked in the mining industry in Red Lake for 19 years, beginning underground at Campbell Red Lake Gold Mine and later the Dickenson Gold Mine, before joining the staff of United Steelworkers in 1995 and pursuing her interest in health and safety. Hutchison’s involvement in health and safety includes positions on the boards of the Workers Health and Safety Centre, the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers, the Council of Governors for the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s Labour and Injured Worker Advisory Group, as well as with WSN and various health and safety positions with the United Steelworkers. Roy Slack, the president of Cementation Canada Inc., is one of four employer representatives on the council. He established Cementation in 2002, building the company into one of Canada’s largest mine contracting and engineering firms with a safety-based, people-first approach, including a declared target of “Zero Harm”. “My appointment to the Prevention Council is a great honour for me and a chance to represent both Northern Ontario and the mining industry and make a difference in the lives of Ontario workers and their families,” Slack said. In addition to his involvement with WSN, Slack as served as a director of the Ontario Mine Contractor’s Safety Association, and a member of the Conference Board of Canada’s CEO Health and Safety Leadership Charter. The North Bay-based company with more than 1,500 employees and international operations has won numerous accolades as one of Canada’s top employers. “I think the mining industry has a lot to offer but of course we still have work to do as well, so I am eager to contribute and also interested in learning from other industries,” Slack said. “From our first meeting it was clear that all the council members have a common goal, to make Ontario a safer place to work.” The council was created in response to recommendations of the Expert Advisory Panel on Occupational Health and Safety, which reviewed Ontario’s prevention system following the deaths of four workers when their scaffolding on a Toronto high-rise collapsed in December 2009. 14 WorkplaceSafetyNorth.ca
Free ‘Home’ Delivery Available If your print copy of Every Worker gets delayed in the mail, lost in the interoffice delivery system, or irretrievably “borrowed” by safety-inquisitive colleagues, it’s time to sign on to Workplace Safety North’s free ‘home’ delivery service. Each and every issue of Every Worker can be delivered to your email address to read and share with colleagues at your convenience, and ensuring you will not miss out on this important health and safety resource. Simply drop an email to First2Know@workplacesafetynorth.ca. Your email will add you to Workplace Safety North’s Every Worker subscriber list and ensure electronic delivery of the magazine and other WSN publications. Subscribe today! Upcoming Events January/February 2013 Ministry of Labour Safety Blitz - Mining sector Ventilation hazards February/March 2013 Ministry of Labour Safety Blitz - Forestry, paper, printing, converting sectors Slips, Trips and Falls (Ladder safety and fall protection hazards) April 10 & 11, 2013 HSO Partners in Prevention Conference, Sault Ste. Marie April 16 – 18, 2013 WSN's Mining Health & Safety Conference, Sudbury April 28, 2013 National Day of Mourning Commemorating workers killed or injured in the workplace April 30 – May 1, 2013 HSO Partners in Prevention Conference, Mississauga May 5 – 11, 2013 NAOSH (North American Occupational Health & Safety) Week Check out WSN Events page on our website – WorkplaceSafetyNorth.ca – for webinars, workshops and other special safety-focused events for the mining, forestry, paper, printing and converting sectors. WSN and Ontario Mine Rescue prep for international conference Workplace Safety North, Ontario Mine Rescue and its mine rescue counterparts from across Canada will host the sixth biennial conference of the International Mines Rescue Body in Niagara Falls, Oct. 5 to 10, 2013. Planning for the conference is well underway with the theme of "Sharing Vision, Sharing Knowledge." Previous IMRB conferences around the world have discussed breathing apparatus, emergency preparedness, heat stress, training methods, legislation affecting mine rescue, specific mine emergencies, as well as differing national approaches to mine rescue, and more. More than 40 papers were presented at the 2011 conference in Beijing, attended by approximately 600 delegates from 22 nations, including the United States, South Africa, Australia, Germany and India. A call for papers has been issued and registration is now open. Further information on IMRB 2013 can be found on the event's website – www.imrb2013.ca. The IMRB was created in 2001 to promote mine rescue at an international level and to improve mine rescue knowledge and practices by supporting innovation and global cooperation. <strong>EVERY</strong> <strong>WORKER</strong> 15
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