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ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18
ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 1 OUR VISION PEOPLE WSN is founded on talented employees applying innovative Every worker home safe and healthy. solutions to advance our client’s health and safety performance. Our people are our greatest strength and deserve to be OUR MISSION inspired and empowered to be the best they can be.
We are a force for positive action – anticipating and INTEGRITY responding to the greatest needs of our clients, and bringing We are each personally accountable for the highest together our partners, members, and diverse communities standards of behavior and professionalism in all aspects to build safer, healthier, stronger workplaces. of our work. We consistently treat our clients and one another with respect.
OUR VALUES EXCELLENCE Our products and services will be of quality and value. WELLNESS We will deliver excellence, and strive for continuous We live and breathe health and safety and we practice improvement in all that we do. what we preach. We are committed to developing and sustaining a safe and healthy workplace and creating a LEADERSHIP positive work environment. Leadership is demonstrated through our actions. We each lead through our passion, competence and creativity. CLIENTS We recognize that a satisfied client is our future. We TEAMWORK strive to anticipate, meet and exceed client needs and Nobody is as smart as everybody. We will collaborate with expectations every time. staff, clients, stakeholders and partners to leverage the significant contributions that come from the diversity of individuals and ideas.
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Strategy 2020 4 ONTARIO MINE RESCUE
Message from the Board Chair and 5 Key accomplishments 16 Chief Executive Officer Industry involvement 17 WSN Health and Safety Specialists and 6 Ontario Mine Rescue Officers Industry volunteers and competition winners 18 By the numbers - statistical summary 7
Products and Programs: Transforming service delivery 19
ONTARIO FOREST PRODUCTS SECTOR Outreach: Events, presentations, media, and networking 20
Infographic: Workplace Health and Safety Snapshot 8 Board of Directors 21 for Forestry, Paper, Printing, and Converting 2017 Staff service loyalty award recipients 22 Key accomplishments 9 Industry involvement 10
Industry volunteers and Workplace Excellence 11 award winners
ONTARIO MINING SECTOR
Infographic: Workplace Health and Safety Snapshot 12 for Mining 2017 Key accomplishments 13 Industry involvement 14
Industry volunteers and Workplace Excellence 15 award winners
ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 3 WSN STRATEGY 2020
GOAL 1: TARGET AREAS OF GREATEST NEED
VULNERABILITY IN THE WORKPLACE HIGHEST HAZARDS
Small Business Sector Priorities Underserved Northern Ontario Workplaces First Nations Forest Products New, young, aging workers Mining Mine Rescue
System Priorities
Falls from Heights Occupational Disease Mental Health
Collaborative Integrated Service Engagement Partnerships Delivery
Northern Centres Technology and Culture of OHS of Excellence E-service
GOAL 2: ENHANCE SERVICE DELIVERY
4 IN THE NORTH, FOR THE NORTH MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
In the north, for the north
This annual report outlines some of the great work done Ontario’s government, economy, population and in 2017-18 to deliver on the vision and priorities articulated workplaces may be evolving, but one thing never in WSN 2020 – a strategy for changing and saving lives, changes: no one should ever have to face the tragedy of workplace by workplace, community by community. This a workplace injury, illness or fatality. That’s what brings report is complemented by photographs (mostly taken us to work in the morning, and sometimes keeps us up by our own talented staff) that showcase the beauty and at night. So, with our 2020 strategy as our north star, uniqueness of northern Ontario – our home, and our priority. staff is undertaking innovative approaches on training and culture-changing interventions to bring every worker Highlights of our plan include focusing our resources and home safe and healthy. expertise on the areas of greatest need: forest products, mining, mine rescue, and underserved northern Ontario We are proud to be able to say that our work is influencing workplaces; investment in northern centres of health and a growing culture of occupational health and safety in safety excellence to advance our northern mandate and Ontario where health and safety is everyone’s responsibility, further strengthen community ties; meaningful engagement and everyone can be safe and healthy at work. with First Nations with a goal of increasing the safety of Indigenous people working throughout northern Ontario; We extend our deepest gratitude to staff, volunteers, and radically advancing our use of technology to improve partners, and stakeholders. You demonstrate that shared client service, reach, and outcomes. values, beliefs, and passion for health and safety have the power to save lives and strengthen communities, here in We believe our investments and focused efforts will enhance the north and across the globe. our reputation as a provider of choice and an employer of choice during a period of transformation and growth.
Dwight Harper Paul Andre WSN Board Chair WSN President and Senior Union Representative, Chief Executive Officer Glencore Unit Mine Mill Local 598 Unifor
WE BELIEVE
Workplace health and safety starts with the belief that illnesses and injuries can and must be prevented. Belief is powerful – it opens up the possibility that our friends, family and workers do not have to face unmitigated workplace risk. Belief in prevention, and a refusal to accept workplace injuries and illnesses, is the spark that drives commitment to change.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 5 WSN HEALTH AND SAFETY SPECIALISTS AND ONTARIO MINE RESCUE OFFICERS
ONTARIO RED LAKE
HEARST DRYDEN
TIMMINS
KIRKLAND LAKE THUNDER BAY WAWA
NEW LISKEARD
SUDBURY SAULT STE. MARIE NORTH BAY
BELLEVILLE
MISSISSAUGA
BRANTFORD
DELAWARE
NORTHWESTERN TIMMINS SUDBURY 3 Health and Safety Specialists 3 Ontario Mine Rescue Officers RED LAKE 2 Ontario Mine Rescue Officers 2 Health and Safety Specialists 1 Ontario Mine Rescue Officer 1 Emergency Services Specialist KIRKLAND LAKE 1 Culture, Learning, Development and DRYDEN 2 Ontario Mine Rescue Officers Audit Specialist 1 Health and Safety Specialist 1 Health and Safety Specialist 1 Ground Control Specialist 1 Industrial Hygiene Specialist THUNDER BAY NEW LISKEARD 1 Community Engagement Specialist 3 Health and Safety Specialists 1 Health and Safety Specialist 1 Open Pit and Surface Operations BELLEVILLE Specialist CENTRAL 1 Program-Training Specialist 1 Ontario Mine Rescue Officer MISSISSAUGA SAULT STE. MARIE 1 Health and Safety Specialist WAWA 1 Health and Safety Specialist 1 Ontario Mine Rescue Officer 1 Culture and Organizational BRANTFORD Development Specialist 1 Health and Safety Specialist NORTHEASTERN NORTH BAY DELAWARE HEARST 2 Health and Safety Specialists 1 Ontario Mine Rescue Officer 1 Health and Safety Specialist
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BY THE NUMBERS
2016 2017 Contact and information Client consultations 1,366 2,879 Participant training days - Prevention Services All Workplaces 7,733 7,664 Participant training days - Mine Rescue 7,038 7,228 Information products distributed 217,203 165,090
WSN Member Lost-time injury rate 0.69 0.73 WSN Member Total injury rate 3.86 3.81 Forestry Full-time equivalent (FTE) workers 10,762 10,593 Lost-time injury (LTI) rate 1.67 1.76 Total injury rate 6.53 7.18 Paper, Printing, Converting FTE workers 49,318 51,988 LTI rate 0.65 0.59 Total injury rate 2.71 2.41 Mining and Other Steel FTE workers 41,288 42,558 LTI rate 0.48 0.65 Total injury rate 4.52 4.68
Lost-time injury (LTI) rate is the frequency of injuries resulting in time lost from work per 100 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers. Total injury rate is the frequency of lost-time injuries, non-lost-time injuries and traumatic fatalities per 100 FTE workers.
Source: Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Enterprise Information Warehouse
ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 7 WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY SNAPSHOT FOR FORESTRY, PAPER, PRINTING, AND CONVERTING 2017
62,581 Full-time employees 1 4 2,016 494 3.22 -5.3% Injury Disease* Total Lost-time Total injury rate Change in injury rate Work-related fatalities injuries injuries per 100 workers from previous year
Events resulting in lost-time injury or illness Injury or illness severe enough to require one or more days lost from work
37% 37% 17% 9% Contact with objects Bodily reaction and exertion Falls All others or equipment (excessive physical effort, free (falls or jumps to lower levels, (non-collision incidents, contact (struck by or against object, bodily motion that results in falls on same level) with skin, eye or other exposed caught in or compressed by stress or strain on the body, tissue; pedestrian struck by equipment or objects, and assuming an unnatural position, vehicle, falls from moving rubbed or abraded by friction and repetitive motion) vehicle; exposure to caustic, or pressure) noxious substances, etc.)
Most common lost-time injuries
Contact with objects and equipment, includes Bodily reaction and exertion, includes injuries and struck by or against objects; struck by falling, illnesses resulting from repetitive motion, bending, 183 flying, dislodged, discharged, rolling, sliding, slipping 183 climbing, crawling, reaching, twisting, slipping, or swinging objects; caught in or compressed by tripping; overexertion in lifting, pulling, pushing, equipment or machinery; rubbed or abraded by carrying or turning objects. foreign matter in eye; stepped on object; struck by or slammed in swinging door or gate; contact with Falls, includes falls to floor, walkway, or other objects and equipment; and compressed or pinched surface; falls down stairs or steps; falls onto or by rolling, sliding or shifting object. 84 against objects; falls from ladder; jumps to lower level; falls on same and lower level; and falls or jumps from non-moving vehicle.
Top 3 Occupational Diseases Based on approved WSIB claims for healthcare, being off work, loss of wages, or permanent disability. Noise-induced hearing loss Injury and poisonings, includes Exposure, includes expsosure to burns, toxic effect of venom, gases, chemical agent 124 15 fumes, vapour, and other substances; 8 sprains and strains; and adverse effects of allergies
*Disease fatality claims with a fatality effective date of 2017. Source: WSIB Enterprise Information Warehouse as of March 31, 2018. RG 030, 033, 036, 039, 041, 333, 338, 341 WSN May 2018.
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ONTARIO FOREST PRODUCTS SECTOR
Forestry Paper, Printing, and Converting
030 - Logging 039 - Pulp, Newsprint, and Specialty Papers 033 - Mill Products and Forestry Services 041 - Corrugated Boxes 036 - Veneer, Plywood 333 - Printing, Platemaking, and Binding 999 - Schedule 2 Employers 338 - Folding Cartons 341 - Paper Products
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Evolution of health and safety focused on input from industry, risk assessment, and workplace culture
Risk assessment workshops and root cause analyses Pre-employment health and safety training program developed for First Nations In June and November 2017, about 15 Ontario sawmill and logging industry workers and managers met in North Based on consultation with First Nations contacts in Bay to discuss and vote on the top ten health and safety northern Ontario, and in conjunction with local resource risks for their sector. The grassroots workshops, facilitated sector firms, WSN is piloting a pre-employment health by MOL and WSN, resulted in identifying substance use and safety training program to meet the needs of First as one of the highest risk hazards – an issue that is not Nations communities, which includes forestry- and captured in WSIB statistics. Next steps include root cause mining-related pre-employment courses with a goal of analyses of each sector’s top risk in order to get to the achieving local employment as one measurable outcome. root cause and develop relevant potential controls. New French JHSC Part 1 and 2 Training available in Ontario Statistical infographics provide annual health and safety snapshot for sectors Ontario employers are now able to access provincially- approved French-language training for Joint Health and Annual statistical infographics provide a health and safety Safety Committee Certification Part 1 and 2 (Comité mixte snapshot of injury and illness trends for each sector, and sur la santé et la sécurité – formation à l’agrément : Partie 1 serve as an important discussion tool for WSN staff to help et 2). The new French-language version developed by WSN Ontario employers understand sector concerns, prevention helps meet the specific needs of francophone communities needs, and proactive training. And with the spring 2018 in northern Ontario and elsewhere in the province. launch of Compass, the WSIB online data portal, WSN now takes provincial statistics one step further to help businesses see how they measure up to similar-type firms when it comes to worker health and safety.
Northern Ontario forest access roads signage program with radio channel protocol
Left to right: (1) Sujoy Dey, Ph.D., Corporate Risk Officer at Ministry of Labour, conducts a root cause analysis with 15 industry representatives from across Ontario. (2) Derek Yellowhead of Eabametoong First Nation with Chris Serratore, WSN Specialty Services Director, in Thunder Bay. (3) Occupational health and safety training class in North Bay.
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INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT
Helping amplify leaders in health and safety
Northern Ontario forest access roads signage program Northern Ontario Safety Group decreases worker injury with radio channel protocol rate by more than 10%
A 2015 industry health and safety report notes logging In 2017, the Northern Ontario Safety Group – a regional and tree planting forest management companies in partnership led and supported by all four provincial health the Ontario forestry sector experienced a total of eight and safety associations – met three times to share and fatalities in the last six years. New provincial forest agency build their health and safety knowledge, and network. The Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation (NFMC), group, comprised of 87 businesses, reported an overall 12 created a northern Ontario road sign program based on per cent reduction in lost-time injury frequency, as well BC-legislated signage that includes radio channel protocol as an 11 per cent decrease in lost-time injury severity. The for rural and forest access roads. WSN supported NFMC in group shared a $1.8 million WSIB premium rebate and promoting the signage program across northern Ontario continues its significant year-after-year effort to eliminate for all companies using forest access roads, as well as workplace injuries, and ultimately help companies develop offering a general public safety course designed to prevent significantly healthier and safer workplaces. snowmobile-truck collisions on busy Ontario logging roads.
Promotion of industry bilingual video series designed for new and young workers
Thirty young workers, aged 15 to 24, died in work-related incidents between 2012 and 2016, according to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). In tandem with MOL summer inspection blitz, WSN helped extensively promote Canadian Corrugated and Containerboard Association’s new bilingual video series designed to help new and young workers understand important industrial health and safety topics such as mobile equipment, machine lock out and tag out, lifting techniques, and more.
Left to right: (1) Tom Welton, WSN General Prevention Services Director, and Steve Bros, Acting Operations Manager at the new provincial forest agency Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation, discuss the new northern Ontario road sign program. (2) Video screenshot of young worker Carlo; from new bilingual video series by the Canadian Corrugated and Containerboard Association. (3) Northern Ontario Safety Group members recognized by Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.
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INDUSTRY VOLUNTEERS 2017 WORKPLACE EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS Thank you for helping make Ontario workplaces safer Brinkman and Associates Reforestation, Thunder Bay Domtar, Dryden The WSN Forestry, Paper, Printing, and Converting Advisory Committee is made of up industry volunteers Fleming’s Trucking and Logging, Hilton Beach who meet quarterly to discuss industry issues and provide guidance on WSN programming and resource material. Resolute Forest Products, Thunder Bay Mill Operations, Thunder Bay Forest Products Advisory Committee members Wellington Produce Packaging, Mount Forest Douglas Groff, Chair Director, Health, Safety and Environment, DATA Communications Management, Brampton 2017 PRESIDENT’S AWARD WINNERS
Hillary Allard Forestry WSIB Training, Health, and Safety Manager, Columbia Forest Products, Rutherglen Brinkman & Associates Reforestation, Thunder Bay
David Berry Paper, Printing, and Converting Human Resources Manager, Resolute Forest Products, Thunder Bay Wellington Produce Packaging, Mount Forest
André Bouchard, Vice-Chair SMALL BUSINESS AWARD Health, Safety and Environment Superintendent, Tembec Cochrane Sawmill Wellington Produce Packaging, Mount Forest
Brad Ekstrom Managing Partner, Thunderhouse Forest Services Inc., Hearst
Marilyn Findlay Health and Safety Manager, Domtar Inc., Dryden
Ron Isaac Health and Safety, and Environment Superintendent, Rayonier Advanced Materials, Kapuskasing
Albert Koppelman Director, Manager in charge of School Planner Operations, Health and Safety, Maintenance, Purchasing and Inventory, Warehouse and Shipping, Maracle Press Limited, Oshawa
Mark Lovell Manager, Health, Safety and Environment, Jones Packaging, London
Claude Thibeault Operations Manager, First Resource Management Group, Englehart
Mark Tranter Corporate Health and Safety Coordinator, Atlantic Packaging Products, Scarborough
ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 11 WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY SNAPSHOT FOR MINING 2017
21,423 Full-time employees
1 8 911 147 4.25 +3.66% Injury Disease* Total Lost-time Total injury rate Change in injury rate Work-related fatalities injuries injuries per 100 workers from previous year
Events resulting in lost-time injury or illness Injury or illness severe enough to require one or more days lost from work
37% 24% 16% 23% Bodily reaction and exertion Contact with objects Falls All others (excessive physical effort, free or equipment (falls or jumps to lower level, (highway and non-highway bodily motion that results in (struck by object; caught in, and falls on same level) incidents; contact with temperature stress or strain on the body, crushed, or compressed by extremes; exposure to: air pressure assuming an unnatural position, equipment, objects, or collapsing change, harmful, noxious or and repetitive motion) materials; abraded by friction allergenic substance, traumatic or pressure) event, explosion)
Most common lost-time injuries
Bodily reaction and exertion, includes injuries and illnesses Contact with objects and equipment, includes struck by resulting from repetitive motion, bending, climbing, falling, flying, swinging or slipping object; struck by or 55 crawling, reaching, twisting, slipping, tripping, overexertion 36 against object; stepped on object; struck by rolling, sliding in lifting, pulling, pushing, carrying or turning objects. object on floor; compressed or pinched by rolling, sliding or shifting object, compressed by equipment or object; rubbed or abraded by foreign matter and other cave-in.
Falls, includes falls to floor, walkway or other surface, falls onto or against object, falls to lower or same level, and falls 23 from non-moving vehicles.
Top 3 Occupational Diseases Based on approved WSIB claims for healthcare, being off work, loss of wages, or permanent disability 103 22 14 Noise-induced hearing loss Hand-arm vibration syndrome Injury and poisoning includes burns, heat exhaustion, toxic effects of gases or acid, bee and wasp stings.
*Disease fatality claims approved by WSIB in 2017. Source: WSIB Enterprise Information Warehouse as of February, 2018. RG 110, 113, 119 WSN May 2018.
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ONTARIO MINING SECTOR
Mining
110 - Gold Mine 113 - Nickel Mines 119 - Other Mines
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Sold-out conference, new training centre, hazard alert and statistical infographics
Annual Mining Health and Safety Conference sold out, New mining safety infographic: Health effects of livestreamed to five countries diesel exhaust
Themed “Innovations in mining safety”, the 2017 annual The infographic helps raise awareness about the health two-day Mining Health and Safety Conference focused risks of diesel exhaust exposure and outlines strategies on advancements aimed at improving safety programs to reduce or eliminate diesel particulate emissions in the and hazards specific to mining. Industry leaders shared workplace. The Occupational Cancer Research Centre knowledge about recent health and safety innovations via contributed a helpful “hierarchy of controls” chart. an interactive panel with an audience of over 300. For the second year, the conference was video livestreamed and Statistical infographic provides annual health and viewed around the globe by 180 people in five countries. safety snapshot
New Sudbury location for WSN health and safety training Annual statistical infographics provide a health and safety centre and Ontario Mine Rescue headquarters snapshot of injury and illness trends for each sector, and serve as an important discussion tool for WSN staff to help In August 2017, Workplace Safety North’s Sudbury offices Ontario employers understand sector concerns, prevention and Ontario Mine Rescue headquarters relocated to larger needs, and proactive training. facilities at 235 Cedar Street in downtown Sudbury. The building offers state-of-the-art classrooms for health and safety training – both classroom, online, and distance learning, in addition to specialized training facilities for mine rescue volunteers and working at heights safety training.
HAZARD ALERT Health effects of diesel exhaust Risk of cancer and respiratory diseases
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
In 2012, the World Health Organization classified • Eye irritation diesel exhaust emission as a substance that is • Nose irritation known to cause cancer in humans. • Throat irritation Mining sector workers beware of higher risk if you work as an underground production and • Breathing irritation development miner, heavy equipment operator, including coughing, or heavy-duty equipment mechanic. phlegm production, wheezing, chest tightness • Nausea • Fatigue • Headache • Allergic reactions
SIGNS OF EXPOSURE LONG-TERM EFFECTS
• Gravimetric air • Lung cancer sampling indicates • Respiratory diseases diesel particulates • Decrease in lung • Gas monitors indicate function elevated levels of carbon monoxide (CO) • Increased risk of or nitrogen dioxide developing asthma (NO2) • Increased severity of • Irritated eyes or existing respiratory difficulty breathing conditions and allergies • White, blue, or black • Cardiovascular disease smoke • Visible haze • Noticeable odour of diesel exhausts
You do not need to experience any signs of exposure or short-term health effects Left to right: (1) Opening remarks at 2017 Mining Health and Safety Conference in Sudbury. (2) Ted Hanley, Ontario Mine Rescue Vice President,to develop and long-term health effects like cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease Candys Ballanger-Michaud, past WSN President and CEO, cut the ribbon at the new Sudbury location for WSN and Ontario Mine Rescue headquarters.and lung cancer. (3) WSN Hazard Alert poster on diesel emissions. MINING HEALTH AND NUMBER OF CANADIAN WORKERS IN THE MINING SECTOR SAFETY REGULATIONS EXPOSED TO TOP FOUR CARCINOGENS
• Cannot exceed the Nickel and nickel Ontario occupational 2,614 exposure limit for compounds diesel engine exhaust 0.4 mg/m³ Solar radiation 12,774 • Provide proper ratio of air flow to equipment in use Silica/crystalline 16,708 • Conduct regular diesel engine maintenance
• Conduct emission tests Diesel engine exhaust 27,657 ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 on engines after repairs 13 0 10,000 20,000 30,000
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INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT
Helping amplify leaders in health and safety
Leading indicator of safety culture: Climate Assessment New mining safetyPROPER infographic: USE OF Proper RESPIRATORS use of respirators and Audit Tool in mines and miningIN MINES plants AND MINING PLANTS Protect yourself from occupational lung disease
Since its launch in 2015, and with extensive help from the TheCommon industry contaminants volunteers in mines Health who Effects make from upExposure the WSNOntario Workplace Mining Sector and mining plants that can affect Top short-term health effects WSIB Allowed Fatal Claims mining industry, WSN completed an 18-month pilot using Environmentyour breathing Technical Advisory Committee helped create 1. Pneumonia Registered between: 2005 to 2016 the Climate Assessment and Audit Tool (CAAT). The safety a1. newParticulates mining - silica, metal healthdusts, diesel and2. Respiratorysafety irritation infographic to explain15% how 2. Organic vapours 3. Metal fume fever culture auditing tool is now being utilized by operations mine3. Gases workers– ammonia and sulphur can dioxide properly use and care for an air-purifying Top long-term health effects 85% across Ontario and Canada, and as of 2017, nine mining respirator. The detailed 1.information Silicosis is key to helping prevent operations and over 2,000 people participated in the occupational disease from2. Lung long-term cancer respiratory exposure 3. Respiratory illnesses Occupational Traumatic audits. The Institute for Work and Health and the Ontario to particulates like dust, organic vapours and gasesDisease: 85% foundInjury: in 15% Mining Association have promoted the tool’s ability to mines and mining plants. Source: WSIB EIW Claims Cost Analysis March 2017 Snapshot predict a workplace’s vulnerability to incidents of work- Air-purifying respirators are commonly worn in mines and mining plants. These respirators are hazard-specific and use cartridges to protect against specific contaminants. Based on a risk assessment, when other controls are not available, an APR should be selected by related injury and illness. a competent individual in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee or a worker safety representative.
Respirator Checklist Workers must be clean shaven for respirators to protect against Red light: Clean shaven Unshaven contaminants. Even light stubble can 1. Use the NIOSH-approved compromise the respirator seal. mask selected for your work Contaminants are smaller than you think: environment Hair follicle Combustion 2. Fully trained on use, care, particles, organic compounds, metals, etc. cleaning, and maintenance according to manufacturer instructions Dust, pollen, mold, etc. 3. Get fit tested at least every two years Fine beach sand
Yellow light: 1. Inspect your mask 2. You must be clean shaven 3. Choose the proper cartridges Contaminant for your work environment
Green light: 1. Install proper cartridges Respirator Hair follicle 2. Properly position mask seal and straps 3. Conduct positive and negative pressure test to ensure proper seal
Ready to go!
Most effective Hierarchy of Controls
Elimination Physically remove the hazard Left to right: (1) Cindy Schiewek, WSN Culture, Learning, Development and Audit Specialist, presents a summary of the safety culture pilot project to the Substitution Replace with less hazardous condition Institute for Work & Health. (2) Detail from the new mining safety infographic that explains how to properly protect from long-term respiratory disease. Engineering Controls Isolate people from the hazard Administrative Controls Change the way people work
PPE Protect the worker with personal protective equipment
Least Apply the most effective control when possible. Personal protection equipment is the last line of effective defense. APRs do not protect against oxygen deficiency or certain gases like carbon monoxide.
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INDUSTRY VOLUNTEERS 2017 WORKPLACE EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS Thank you for helping make Ontario workplaces safer DeBeers Group of Companies - Victor Mine Northern Ontario 90 km west of Attawapiskat The WSN Mining Advisory Committee and four Technical Goldcorp - Red Lake Gold Mines, Balmertown Advisory Committees (TACs) are made up of mining industry volunteers who meet quarterly to discuss industry issues Alex MacIntyre and Associates, Kirkland Lake and initiate the development of projects that advance the vision of every worker home safe and healthy. TACs also help Nordic Minesteel Technologies, North Bay spearhead research partnerships with universities. Thank you to the many volunteers and their sponsoring organizations Glencore - Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations, – your contributions are critical to advancing mining health Falconbridge and safety. Redpath Canada, North Bay Mining Advisory Committee members Wallbridge Mining Company, Lively Dan Laing, Chair Chief Mine Engineer, KGHM - Morrison Mine, Sudbury Lac des Iles Mine, Thunder Bay Al Robb Dumas Contracting, Timmins Unifor Representative, Compass Minerals, Goderich Cementation Canada, North Bay Clare Foladore Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator, Vale Canada Technica Mining, Lively Ltd. – Exploration, Sudbury Goldcorp - Porcupine Gold Mines, South Porcupine David Church Processing Manager, Compass Minerals, Goderich KGHM - Sudbury Operations, Sudbury Dennis Sobey Kidd Operations - Glencore Canada, Timmins Health and Safety Manager, Dumas, Timmins Kirkland Lake Gold Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake Draper Selman Environment, Health and Safety Coordinator, Boart Tahoe Canada - Lake Shore Gold Corp, Timmins Longyear, North Bay SCR Mining and Tunnelling L.P., Val Caron Jamie Mortson Corporate Health and Safety Superintendent, Alex Alamos Gold Inc. - Young-Davidson Mine, Matachewan MacIntyre and Associates, Kirkland Lake DMC Mining Services, Vaughan Michael Ferguson Engineering Manager, Foraco Canada, North Bay 2017 PRESIDENT’S AWARD WINNER Mike Huard Mill Operator/President of USW Local 7580, Gordcorp DeBeers Group of Companies - Victor Mine, Canada, Timmins Northern Ontario 90 km west of Attawapiskat
NORTHERN ONTARIO BUSINESS
Alex MacIntyre and Associates, Kirkland Lake
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ONTARIO MINE RESCUE
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Competitions, industrial firefighting, international presence
Provincial mine rescue competition – Ontario’s best International Mines Rescue Body Conference 2017 Russia
Goldcorp Canada Musselwhite Mine’s mine rescue team Four OMR staff – Ted Hanley, Vice President Ontario Mine from Red Lake District won the June 2017 Ontario Mine Rescue; Justin Konrad, OMR student intern; Mike Krell, Mine Rescue Provincial Competition at Compass Minerals’ Rescue Officer; and Tim Ebbinghaus, Chief Emergency Goderich Mine. The team not only won Musselwhite’s first Services Officer – attended International Mines Rescue Body provincial championship, but also the Team Firefighting Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia in September, 2017. Award and the John Guthrie (Special Equipment) Award. Each gave presentations during the conference which was attended by more than 200 participants from 22 nations. Emergency Services – special emergency response
Ontario Mine Rescue’s Emergency Services Training Division goes beyond mine rescue to provide specialty emergency response training – including firefighting, hazardous material response, and confined space rescue – to underground and surface mining operations, as well as industry.
Left to right: (1) Winning team 2017 Ontario Mine Rescue Provincial Competition: Goldcorp Canada Musselwhite Mine. (2) A surface emergency response team at De Beers Canada’s Victor Mine adjusts a master stream hose appliance during a training exercise. (3) Ted Hanley, Justin Konrad, Mike Krell, and Tim Ebbinghaus at the 2017 International Mines Rescue Body Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT 2017 ONTARIO MINE RESCUE COMPETITION
Connecting with leaders in health and safety Overall Winner 1st – Goldcorp Canada, Musselwhite Mine Dräger family movies 2nd – Tahoe Canada, Timmins West & Bell Creek Mines
Three-generation Ontario Mine Rescue family the Boutets Technician Award – Aaron, Mike and Ron – were among more than a dozen 1st – Ron Weaver, Vale Canada, East Mines volunteers and their families featured in a video series 2nd – Rick Reid, K+S Windsor Salt, Ojibway Mine produced and released by Dräger Safety later this year. 3rd – Simone Hensher, Glencore Sudbury INO Links to all the videos are available on the Ontario Mine Rescue website. Firefighting Team Award Goldcorp Canada, Musselwhite Mine District mine rescue competition First Aid Team Award Mine rescuers learned how to assess the risks of dealing with North American Palladium, Lac des Iles Mine a ‘fire’ during the Timmins District Competition in May 2017. Tahoe Canada won the event, and went on to represent the John Guthrie (Special Equipment) Award district in the provincial competition. Goldcorp Canada, Musselwhite Mine
IN MEMORIAM: Charlie Burton
Charlie Burton gave 40 years of service as an Ontario Mine Rescue volunteer, Mine Rescue Officer, and Supervisor of Mine Rescue. In 1984, Charlie captained the provincial champion mine rescue team from Creighton Mine in Sudbury.
Left to right: (1) Three generations of the Boutet family are feature in video series by Dräger Safety. (2) Mine rescue team from Tahoe Canada’s Timmins West and Bell Creek Mines assess risks during competition. (3) We remember with gratitude, Charlie Burton, who gave 40 years of service to Ontario Mine Rescue.
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INDUSTRY VOLUNTEERS
Thank you for helping make Ontario workplaces safer
Ontario Mine Rescue Technical Advisory Committee members
Dan Demers, Alamos Gold Kirkland Lake District Industry Representative
Jim Lundrigan, Glencore Sudbury INO Nickel Rim South Mine Onaping District Industry Representative
Rebecca McCullough, J.S. Redpath Ltd. (Musselwhite Mine) Red Lake District Industry Representative
Jim Ahrens, Compass Minerals Southern District Industry Representative
Greg MacMillan, Vale Sudbury District Industry Representative
Gord Paddock, North American Palladium, Lac des Iles Mine Thunder Bay and Algoma District Industry Representative
Iain McKillip, Glencore Kidd Operations Timmins District Industry Representative
Scotty Robertson Government Representative, Ministry of Labour
Andre Lefebvre, Glencore Sudbury INO, Fraser Mine Mine Rescue Volunteers Representative
Jamie Mortson, Alex MacIntyre and Associates Contractors Association Representative
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TRANSFORMING SERVICE DELIVERY
Live online training Suite of JHSC-related programs continues to grow
In 2017, WSN started research and development work WSN is a provincially-approved provider of legislated on its first live, facilitator-led e-classroom programs. This training programs for the certification of Joint Health and training medium capitalizes on the strengths of both Safety Committee members. In 2017, WSN broadened its traditional classroom learning and web-based learning. The suite of approved offerings to include: two courses, adapted from existing classroom programs, • JHSC Refresher (one-day mandatory training for will focus on Occupational Health and Safety Act and certified members of committees three years after they Regulations training for the mining and industrial sectors. complete their original certification training) • French-language JHSC Part 1 (three-day course) ‘Feed Your Brain’ Lunch and Learn Series • Six versions of certification Part 2 training for the following sectors: WSN hosted a series of free lunch and learn sessions • Forest products (two-day course) in several northern Ontario centres, with an option for • Mining (three-day course) participants to tune in via webinar. Topics discussed • Pulp and paper (two-day course) included mental health and psychological health and safety, • Printing and converting (two-day course) workplace policy regarding alcohol and drug use, and how • Offices (two-day course) to build a strong safety culture. The series will continue into • French-language (two-day course for multiple 2018 and 2019. sectors, with optional modules)
Left to right: (1) WSN online provincial webinar co-hosted with the Ministry of Labour. (2) Brett Webb, WSN Culture and Organizational Development Specialist, presents at a North Bay lunch and learn session, “Promoting Mental Health Through a Positive Culture”.
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EVENTS, PRESENTATIONS, INTERVIEWS AND NETWORKING
WSN hosted about 30 events for more than 500 people in six communities (Sudbury, North Bay, Kirkland Lake, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Mississauga) and online. Community and industry events included annual Mining Health and Safety Conference, northern Ontario community lunch and learn presentations, industry advisory committee meetings, Pulp and Paper Safety Forum, Printing Safety Forum, Sudbury Open House, plus joint workshops, webinars, and events with system partners Ministry of Labour, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers, and the Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health.
Left to right from top clockwise: (1) Ontario Mine Contractors’ Safety Association presents its Innovation Awards at the 2017 Mining Health and Safety Conference in Sudbury. (2) Becky Barrett, Ontario Mine Rescue Program Associate, welcomes visitors to the Sudbury Open House. (3) Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health’s mobile research lab is welcomed in North Bay during a stop on its cross-country journey across the province. (4) Paul Andre, WSN President and CEO, presents the President’s Award for Northern Ontario Business to Tracy Fleury and Ron Elliott of Nordic Minesteel Technologies.
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The 2017-18 fiscal financial results show WSN continues to operate sustainably in a time of fiscal restraint, exceeding its funded-level of service, and investing reserves in strengthening programming, services, and technology. Thank you to the WSN Board of Directors for helping ensure accountability, transparency, and excellence in all that Workplace Safety North does.
Dwight Harper, Chair Glencore - Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations Senior Union Representative - Glencore Unit Mine Mill Local 598 - Unifor
Sandra Haddad, Vice-Chair Haddad and Associates, Sudbury
John Benoit, BA, CRSP-NP Northern Representative-Retired, Sudbury
Tim Bremner Foraco International, North Bay
Gaëtan Carrier Tembec, Hearst
Marshall Greensides, CRSP Norampac, a Division of Cascades Canada, St. Marys
Erik Holmstrom, RPF, CPA, CMA Weyerhaeuser, Kenora
Clyde Healey, BA, CHRP Northern Representative-Retired, Sault Ste. Marie
Frank Leduc, CPA, CMA Northern Representative, TESC Contracting and Scaffolding Services, Sudbury
John O’Brien, B.Admin, CRSP JOB Training and Development, Thunder Bay
Lydia Renton, BSc, CIH, ROH, FAIHA BluMetric Environmental, Ottawa
Andrew Tempelman, BSc Resolute Forest Products, Thunder Bay
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ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 21 STAFF SERVICE LOYALTY AWARD RECIPIENTS
5 Years
Sam Barbuto Tim Ebbinghaus Anders Lykke Fran Martin Danny Taillefer
10 Years
Wayne Baker Ken Sitter Staff Service Excellence Award Recipient
15 Years
Chris Serratore Dan Suess
20 Years Rose Bédard
Carol Lessard
25 Years
Paul Andre Tom Welton
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