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February 2014
industrial worker, forestry
Is your job causing you pain?

International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day is an important reminder to protect yourself and your co-workers
 
Back pain? Numbness in your hands? Sore shoulder? You're not alone. One in every 10 Canadian adults had a repetitive strain injury (RSI) serious enough to limit normal activities, according to Statistics Canada. The study found approximately 2.3 million...
Hypothermia and outdoor workers
How to chase the chill away  
 
For most people, the winter naturally brings a chilly feeling. There are cold walks to and from work, a frigid feeling while pumping gas, or a chilling wind while shovelling snow. These cold shocks don't often result in serious cold illness because, for the most...
Call for entries for workplace safety awards 

Workplace Excellence Awards Program recognizes Ontario companies committed to prevention of injury and illness

  

Workplace Safety North, the occupational health and safety expert for Ontario forestry, mining, and paper, printing, and converting sectors, announces the call for entries for its... 

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Video: MSDs - Erase the Hazard  

Musculoskeletal Disorders account for almost half of all lost-time claims in Ontario 

 

Pains and strains take a toll on productivity, worker morale and quality of life.  As a company, you choose which path to take. A pro-active path that eliminates pains and strains or a costly reactive path that relies on luck to prevent injuries...
Forestry Special Hazard Bulletin: 
Beware machinery danger zone
Several recent incidents prompt concerns 
 
Recently, there have been several close call incidents and two fatalities reported in logging operations throughout Ontario. In late fall, a chipper operator and a mechanic narrowly missed...

Register for Feb. 7 Road Safety Workshop

Learn about safe winter driving program

  

Hosted by district volunteer safety committee, Lakehead Regional Safety Council, this half-day workshop on safe winter driving for logging truck drivers includes presentations by the Ontario Provincial Police and Workplace Safety North. Register today...

Forestry health and safety research update

Latest WSN-supported research to help prevent MSDs

  

From a systematic research review of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) prevention messaging to the development of an e-learning tool for office ergonomics, researchers at Ryerson and Laurentian universities, as well as the Institute for Work...  

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Mine safety review launch draws media attention

Panel members include WSN CEO Candys Ballanger-Michaud

Ontario Mining Association

 

The inaugural meeting of the Ministry of Labour's mine safety review panel attracted pretty well the full slate of Sudbury's media representatives - print, radio and television; English and French; local and outlets with national affiliations.  The Sudbury media...

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Mining health and safety research update

Latest WSN-supported research to help prevent MSDs 

  

From evaluating the seats on mobile mechanical equipment in order to help reduce whole-body vibration, to helping managers incorporate ergonomics into overall company strategy, researchers at Ryerson and Laurentian universities, as well as...

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Expert on shiftwork and worker fatigue to address mining health and safety conference

William Davis to discuss new ANSI health and safety standards 

  

Each year, the annual mining health and safety conference in Sudbury, Ontario, consistently attracts a full house of new and returning attendees. Considered the Ontario mining and health...

Focused on you: Focus group for Ontario printers, platemakers and binders

Register now for February 12 breakfast meeting in Vaughan
 
Are you part of Ontario's printing, platemaking and binding industry? Then you're invited to a special focus group and complimentary continental breakfast on Wednesday, February...
Pulp and paper health and safety research update

Latest WSN-supported research to help prevent MSDs
 

From evaluating personal protective equipment that could help reduce foot-transmitted vibration, to helping managers incorporate ergonomics into overall company strategy, researchers at Ryerson and Laurentian universities, as well as...
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