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August 2008 – Volume 5, Issue 8

TOP STORIES

CSA to release first Canadian electrical safety standard
Changing a light bulb is one thing. Working with live, high-voltage electricity is quite another. For workplaces that don't understand this, a new CSA standard is about to make it clear.
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Ontario launches Safe at Work plan
Ontario has launched a new four-year plan, called Safe at Work Ontario, which builds on the province's success in reducing workplace injury rate by 20 per cent, according to a recent press release from the Ontario Ministry of Labour.
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FEATURE

Arm wrestler takes on workplace safety challenge
'World Arm Wrestling Champion' is not a title you commonly see among the list of credentials of a typical safety manager. Yet his earlier arm wrestling feats are a significant part of Darrell Belyk's approach to health and safety management.
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OPINION

Worker protection needs gender-based risk management
Over the last 50 years, according to Statistics Canada, one of the major social trends in the country is the increasing participation of women in the paid workforce. Today, women account for 47 per cent of Canada's employed. Is your safety management program gender-sensitive?
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Safety wisdom from W. Edwards Deming and Larry the Cable Guy
COS columnist Alan D. Quilley takes Deming's Fourteen Points of Management Obligations and applies them to safety management, with a touch of simple logic courtesy of Larry the Cable Guy.
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HEALTH PAGE

Blinded by the light
There are some things people shouldn't mind paying a few dollars more for, and according to Jeff Tyson, an expert with the site How Stuff Works.com, a decent pair of sun glasses is one of them. Find out why.
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VIDEO LIBRARY

NIOSH Field Evaluations
and Response Vehicle Tour

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New products
from the AIHce 2008

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TOOLS OF THE TRADE

Anchors Aweigh!
Norguard Industries' line of anchorage systems for fall protection was showcased at the Health and Safety Canada event. Norguard president Norm Desjardins says the company's fall protection offerings are professionally engineered, tested and certified.
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That's hot!
Hot Zone Training Consultants has a creative way of making a point. At the Health and Safety Canada 2008 trade show, the Cambridge, Ont.-based training firm featured two young men with facial prosthetics that show burnt faces. Hot Zone's Peter White says part of what his company offers is integrating realistic types of injuries into the actual training programs.
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Training-to-go
The Municipal Health and Safety Association conducts confined space training for municipal emergency services, such as the fire service, police and paramedics, according to John Parish, chief of emergency services for the association.
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CALENDAR

August 25 - 29, 2008
26th International System Safety Conference
System Safety Society
Vancouver

September 11, 2008
Aftermath of a Workplace Accident Seminar
McLennan Ross LLP
Red Deer, Alberta

September 14-17, 2008
CSSE 2008 Professional Development Conference
Quebec City, Que.

September 19-26, 2008
National Safety Council
Congress & Expo 2008
Anaheim, Calif.

For more upcoming events information go to Calendars at www.cos-mag.com

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