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Health and safety news for forestry, mining, paper, printing and converting sectors
April 2014
Top 9 health and safety orders affecting new and young workers

Find out how your company compares with step-by-step guide based on most recent Ministry of Labour inspection blitz results

 

Ontario is home to 390,000 employer businesses, and small firms with fewer than 100 employees make up about 98 per cent of the total. While the majority of Ontario employers are highly aware of the importance of training new and young workers and extremely conscientious about health and safety in the workplace, there is room for improvement as shown by the results ...
Prevention Office conducts public consultation on working at heights training standard
  

Are you an employer of workers who work at heights, a worker who works at heights, or someone who is interested in becoming an approved training provider to deliver an approved working at heights training program? The Ministry of Labour is launching ...  

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WSN Young Worker Orientation video
VIDEO: Young worker orientation - Speak Up! 

Informative 10-min. video can be used in conjunction with
formal and on-the-job training

 

This 10-minute video is designed to be used by companies as part of their health and safety orientation for new and young workers. Speak Up! is the ideal starting point to build health and safety ...
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forestry sawmill worker and supervisor
Ontario sawmills can learn from BC inspections
Specific areas noted for improvement by WorkSafeBC inspectors
 

The build-up of combustible wood dust in sawmills is an ongoing safety concern and was the focus of a recent three-month inspection blitz from November 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014 in British Columbia. WorkSafeBC inspection results indicated that ...

Tree planter walking in forest
Into the Wild: Tree planting in northern Ontario
Online training at SafePlanting.com
 
In early spring, long before the first thaw, hardy souls start getting in shape for their tree planting gig that runs 30 to 40 days over Ontario's brief tree-planting season in May and June. Of course, it helps if you love to work out of doors, and don't mind ...

Worker, mechanic, forestry Your opinion matters: Health and safety training survey for new and young workers

WSN Advisory Committee requests member feedback

 

To help determine future training methodologies for new and young workers in the forestry, paper, printing and converting sectors, the WSN advisory committee has created a confidential...

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Conference registration 2013
Mining health and safety conference sold out

Only Thursday day passes still available

 

Once again, the annual Ontario mining health and safety conference in Sudbury has sold out. Full conference passes and Wednesday day passes are no longer available for this popular event. Thursday day passes to the technical sessions and ...

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Ontario Mine Rescue worker
Ontario Mine Rescue considers search-and-rescue partnership

Northern Ontario Business 

 

Ontario Mine Rescue stood anxiously on the sidelines during the fatal Elliot Lake mall collapse, but it may prove to be a watershed event in the history and evolution of the 86-year-old volunteer ...

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Mining review goes public
"This is for the ordinary person to get their two cents in."
Sudbury Star
 

Large trade unions and big mining companies are expected to prepare extensive submissions for the province's Mining Health, Safety and Prevention Review. But it is individuals whom the ...

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worker, health and safety training, PPC
Follow-up to printing and converting sector training pilot in Vaughan last month
WSN consultant-trainer Jerry Traer reports on joint Ontario Printing and Imaging Association-WSN initiative
 

Last month,  in conjunction with industry association Ontario Printing and Imaging Association (OPIA), Workplace Safety ...

Young worker, WSN training Your opinion matters: Health and safety training survey for new and young workers

WSN Advisory Committee requests member feedback

 

To help determine future training methodologies for new and young workers in the forestry, paper, printing and converting sectors, the WSN advisory committee has created a confidential...

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