Canadian Occupational Safety

NEW MANAGER ANNOUNCED FOR ONTARIO MINE RESCUE Ontario's Workplace Safety North (WSN) has announced the appoint- ment of Ted Hanley as the new transitional general manager for Ontario Mine Rescue. As part of WSN, Ontario Mine Rescue has trained and equipped thousands of volunteers to fi ght fi res, rescue injured personnel and respond to a variety of incidents in the province's mines. It also main- tains a network of mine rescue stations across the province and organizes Ontario's annual district and provin- cial mine rescue competitions. Working closely with current gen- eral manager Alex Gryska, who plans to retire next summer, Hanley's focus is assessing the administration of the provincial mine rescue program as well as engaging mining companies and other stakeholders in strategic dis- cussions to develop a road map for the next generation of the program. "Most people wonder why I got into mining and how I ended up in northern Ontario," says Hanley, who was born in Thornhill, Ont., and attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. "I studied engineering because of a desire to understand how things work. I found mining engineer- ing represented one of the greatest — if not the greatest — engineering challenge. You're building a sky- scraper 3 kilometres underground, so the technical side of mining appealed to me." Hanley had been an active volunteer with Ontario Mine Rescue since 2008, and a dedicated member of the mine rescue competition team at Glencore Kidd Operations in Timmins, Ont. "What attracted me to Ontario Mine Rescue is the strength of its people and the specialized knowledge and skill set they possess. The program has a tremendous opportunity as one of the most highly trained, special- ized mine rescue organizations to be at the leading edge of mining emer- gency response. In terms of the future of Ontario Mine Rescue, the program is going through transition, evidenced by the arrival of some new faces. We also have a lot of individuals using the word 'retirement' these days," he said, "which presents the challenge of maintaining that core knowledge base but also the opportunity for the pro- gram to grow and develop." 8 Canadian Occupational Safety www.cos-mag.com PEOPLE & PLACES Forklift safety device wins Safe Design Award Minerva Canada Safety Management Education has hon- oured Ontario engineering students with its 2014 James Ham Safe Design Award. The award program challenges Canadian university engi- neering students to make an original contribution toward integrating safety into engineering design. This year's fi rst place prize of $3,500 was awarded to Stephanie Savoie, Josh Cornelius, Azmil Ridzuan and Famya Mahmud from McMaster University in Hamilton for introducing a forklift visual safety device that helps prevent collisions with workplace employees and contractors. The device projects a set of parallel lasers 6 metres ahead and 6 metres behind the forklift making it visible from further away as well as around corners and at intersections where accidents commonly occur. One device projects the lasers out the front of the lift and another projects out the rear. The device is equipped with a motion sensor. The laser remains off if the lift is stationary and once motion begins, the sensor is triggered and turns on the laser. Second place went to Larissa Lodo, University of Toronto, for developing a series of self-assessment tools to enhance health and safety standards in university and college labora- tories based on lessons learned from 86 laboratory incidents in academia. Lodo was awarded $1,500. The awards pay tribute to James Ham, whose Report of the Royal Commission on the Health and Safety of Workers in Mines in 1976 led to the creation of Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act in 1979 and the Internal Responsibil- ity System in Ontario workplaces. CSSE appoints new president The Canadian Society of Safety Engi- neering (CSSE) welcomed its new president, Jim Hopkins, at its pro- fessional development conference in Calgary Sept. 14-17. Hopkins is the manager of safety and security for British Columbia Rapid Transit Company (BCRTC), the automated light rail system in Metro Vancouver, popularly known as the "SkyTrain". He graduated from Simon Fraser Univer- sity with a bachelor of general studies with a focus on public safety leader- ship, as well as from the BCIT OH&S certifi cate program. He has earned both the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CR SP) and Certifi ed Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC) designations. A CSSE member since 1985, he has been an active volunteer at all levels of the organization since 1991. Hop- kins has held the positions of chapter director, chapter chair, regional vice- president (two terms), secretary and vice-president/treasurer. He has been active regionally and nationally on NAOSH committees, the CSSE confer- ence committee and the CSSE awards committee. NEW Jim Hopkins Ted Hanley Stephanie Savoie, Josh Cornelius, Azmil Ridzuan and Famya Mahmud Encon ® & Veratti ® are registered trademarks of Encon Safety Products, Inc. Houston, TX. © Copyright Encon Safety Products, Inc. 2014 For More Information: www.enconsafety.com/coslc7 1(800) 283-6266 Style, Fit, Function. Fits like a glove. Design and Service Excellence est. 1964 LC7 • All day comfort with the ERGO temple that adjusts to your head • Fits close, but not tight • Adjustable arms • Meets the CSA Z94.3-2007 and ANSI Z87.1-2010 High Impact standards ™

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