August/September 2013 5
1 2 TRAINING
What happens when I do,
what happens when I don't?
By Alan Quilley
1 3 COMPENSATION WATCH
e other side of cost transfers
By David Marchione
1 4 LEGAL CONNECTION
Employee privacy knocks out
safety in Supreme Court fi ght
By Loretta Bouwmeester and
Cheryl Edwards
Features
Columns
6 SAFETY NEWS
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10 PEOPLE & PLACES
33 TOOLS OF THE TRADE
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Volume 51 Issue 5 August/September 2013
Departments
By Mari-Len De Guzman
A roundtable discussion on
Canada's construction industry
and keeping its workers safe
Canadian Occupational Safety's Editorial Advisory Board.
22 Pipe dreams
By Vanessa Chris
Unravelling the issues surrounding
Alberta's controversial Keystone
Pipeline project and what's fueling
the opposition
Pull-out
Safety
Poster
BEFORE
YOU
ENTER
t
is
fully
or
partially
enclosed;
t
is
not
designed
or
intended
for
continuous
human
occupancy;
and,
t
has
limited
or
restricted
access,
exits
or
internal
configuration
that
can
complicate
provisions
of
first
aid,
evacuation,
rescue
or
other
emergency
response
services.
If
the
answer
is
Yes
to
all
three,
you
may
be
dealing
with
a
confined
space.
Ask
your
supervisor
about
the
hazard
and
how
to
work
safely.
WHEN
IN
DOUBT,
GET
OUT.
Hundreds
of
workers
have
died
due
to
confined
space
related
accidents.
Many
of
these
incidents
are
preventable
with
the
right
worker
information
and
proper
training.
Before
you
enter
a
workplace
consider
if
the
area:
2013-COS-AugSept.indd
18-19
BONUS!
Pull-out safety poster
page 18
Dave Gouthro, CRSP, CHSC, CHSO
Occupational Health & Safety
Consulting
David Johnston, CRSP
Manager, EHS
Toronto Hydro-Electric System Ltd.
Eldeen Pozniak
Director
Pozniak Safety Associates Inc.
16 High cost
of safety
Cover story
Guy Chenard
Senior Health and Safety Advisor
Ontario Power Generation
Maureen Shaw
President
Act Three Consulting
Dr. Ron Saunders
Director of Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
Institute for Work and Health
28 Data miners
By Mari-Len De Guzman
Companies are gazing into the future
for injury prevention
32 CSSE
What to see at the upcoming
CSSE Professional Development
Conference and Trade Show
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