Canadian Occupational Safety

December/January 2017 3 cos-mag.com gets a new look Coming soon, a brand new website designed to maximize your user experience and make it easier for you to stay up to date on health and safety news. Our entire COS team has been hard at work for months and we hope you love the new site. Safety Leader of the Year Watch Adrian Khan work his magic on the plant oor of Mother Parkers Tea and Coffee. We spoke with his boss, employees and Khan himself to learn some of his award-winning safety tricks. www.cos-mag.com/safetyleader2016.html Webinars The COS webinar library is lled with on-demand topics such as arc ash, safety culture, fall protection, ISO 45001 and psychological safety. The one-hour sessions are delivered by health and safety experts from across Canada. Stay tuned for new live webinars added regularly. www.cos-mag.com/CPDCentre on now @ twitter.com/cosmagazine Join Canadian Occupational Safety group on Follow us on Culture Shock Shawn Galloway, president of ProAct Safety, presents a monthly video on safety culture. Watch the latest video on marketing safety excellence. Highlights from CSE The winners of the 2016 Canada's Safest Employers awards were honoured at a gala on Oct. 24. Guest speakers included Federal Deputy Minister of Labour Lori Sterling and mental wellness expert Allan Kehler. 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AMANDA SILLIKER FROM THE EDITOR Canadian Occupational Safety's Editorial Advisory Board Dave Gouthro, CRSP, CHSC, CHSO Occupational Health & Safety Consulting David Johnston, CRSP Director, EHS, Toronto Hydro-Electric System Ltd. Eldeen Pozniak Director, Pozniak Safety Associates Inc. Guy Chenard, CRSP, C.E.T. Safety Consultant Maureen Shaw President, Act Three Consulting Dr. Ron Saunders Director of Knowledge Transfer & Exchange Institute for Work & Health cos-mag.com visit us online More videos at www.cos-mag.com/video.html coming up online latest videos RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 2075 KENNEDY RD., TORONTO, ONT. M1T 3V4 Safe sex O ne day this summer I was relaxing on a patio in Kingston, Ont., fruity cocktail in hand, surrounded by my husband and a few of his friends. While chatting about work with one friend, Dave, I was slightly chastised for having not covered an important topic — the health and safety of sex workers. "They're workers too, just like everyone else. Don't they deserve the same protections?" Dave said. I thought about how I had never covered this topic before. I remembered hearing about it a lot a couple of years ago in the news. Why had I not really paid much attention to it? I think it was because I dismissed it as a public safety issue — not something we cover on the pages of COS. And sex workers certainly don't have an OHS department, so I fi gured it didn't really relate to my readers. I told Dave this much and he was appalled. He reminded me that although it certainly is not part of my readers' day-to-day work life, it's still an occupational health and safety issue that they need to take note of. Maybe if safety professionals stood up and acknowledged that all workers — regardless of occupation — need health and safety protections, it could help the cause. So I tackled the issue on page 28 and decided to look at it strictly from an OHS lens. The article purposefully does not address the moral side of the sex work argument, public safety, or other legal issues that may be connected to this work, as that is not COS' place. It strictly looks at sex workers and outlines the health and safety risks they face, similar to what we do for other occupations, such as utility workers and wind turbine maintainers. I was blown away by the fact that the legislation currently in place actually puts sex workers at even more risk, in an already risky occupation. No one, regardless of whether you agree with their work or not, should be put in a dangerous situation on the job. Legislation should help, not hinder worker safety. I am hopeful that the Liberal government will consider this and review the large body of research out there that shows sex work needs to be completely decriminalized in order to keep these workers safe. This issue's cover story features Adrian Khan, the winner of the 2016 Safety Leader of the Year award. I had the pleasure of touring the Mother Parkers Tea and Coffee manufacturing plant in Missis- sauga, Ont., for this article and it was very clear to me that Adrian is certainly deserving of this award. The higher-ups I interviewed had glowing remarks about him and the workers on the shop fl oor showed true respect for his safety leadership. A fast-talking, fast-moving man, Khan truly is a ball of energy. You can always see the wheels turning in his head and I look forward to watch- ing his career and see what else he accomplishes. You can read all about Adrian and the progress he has made at Mother Parkers on page 28. As a safety professional, do you feel overwhelmed with all the options for certifi cations and designations? Maybe you have the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) designation but are considering tackling another certifi - cation specifi c to the construction industry. Or maybe you want to boost your cachet with a certifi cation but have no idea which one would be the best for you. Glyn Jones reveals there are more than 20 options for safety professionals to choose from and explains how this is actually hurting — not helping — the profession in his column on page 10. Amanda Silliker, Editor amanda.silliker@thomsonreuters.com all about Adrian and the progress he has made at Mother Parkers on page 28. As a safety professional, do you feel overwhelmed with all the options for certifi cations and designations? Maybe you have the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) designation but are considering tackling another certifi - Adrian and I at the Mother Parkers plant

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