EHS Headlines - Federal - February 2003

February 2003 - Federal

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Upcoming Courses
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OHSAS 18001 - OHS Management System Awareness Course
March 11, 2003 - Toronto
March 24, 2003 - Burnaby
June 16, 2003 - Calgary
June 23, 2003 - Burnaby
July 9, 2003 - Toronto

OHSAS 18001 - OHS Management System Implementation Course
April 8 - 10, 2003 - Hamilton
July 22 - 24, 2003 - Toronto

Environmental Protection Regulations in Ontario
March 13, 2003 - Toronto
July 8, 2003 - Toronto

Workplace Chemical Safety Regulations in Ontario
May 8, 2003 - Toronto
August 7, 2003 - Toronto

Mould: Identification and Control in Facilities
May 23, 2003 - Toronto
July 18, 2003 - Toronto

Canada Labour Code, Part II - OHS for Managers & Supervisors
April 11, 2003 - Calgary
April 25, 2003 - Ottawa
May 29, 2003 - Toronto
June 17, 2003 - Calgary
June 19, 2003 - Ottawa *en français

Canada Labour Code, Part II - Work Place & Policy Health and Safety Committees
March 20 & 21, 2003 - Ottawa *en français
May 12 & 13, 2003 - Calgary
May 27 & 28, 2003 - Burnaby

REA Intensive Occupational Hygiene Short Course
May 13 - 15, 2003 - Toronto

NEW COURSE: Industrial Ergonomics for Safety and Performance
April 8, 2003 - Toronto
May 20, 2003 - Hamilton
June 4, 2003 - London
June 26, 2003 - Toronto
July 11, 2003 - Ottawa

For more course offering dates, click here for our 2003 Course Calendar.

New REA Course for Engineering Personnel: Industrial Ergonomics for Safety and Performance

In industry, designers/engineers make ergonomic design decisions about equipment and process layouts every day. It is well known that poor ergonomic design can lead to musculoskeletal injuries, low back pain, and other ailments; as well as increased error rates, reduced quality and lower productivity. As such, "ergonomic literacy" should be a core competency of every manufacturing engineer. Unfortunately, until now, ergonomics training offerings in the business marketplace have tended to focus on issues in office environments – it is much harder to find training to address the needs of engineering personnel responsible for equipment and process design and operation. This new course is designed to fill thie gap. Developed for engineering and technical specialists, this course covers ergonomic design practices and standards, and their application to machinery/process design, and optimization of existing jobs, interfaces, and hardware. For more information, please contact Renée Frigault at 1-888-732-4347 ext.235.

REA's Occupational Hygiene Short Course

REA is offering a 3-day intensive course on the fundamentals of industrial hygiene for those persons who are responsible for health and safety in the workplace. For more information, please contact Ana Chang (ext.232) or visit our website.

REVISED: CSA-Z142 Code for Power Press Operations

In early 2003, the fourth edition of CSA-Z142 Code for Power Press Operations is scheduled for release and will become the new standard of compliance for health, safety, and guarding of mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic power presses. This new standard will apply to all operating power presses, both new and old, and recommends that all existing machines be brought into compliance no later than two years from its publication date. For more information on the upcoming changes, please visit our website or contact Renée Frigault at 416-495-1314 ext.235.

REVISED: CSA-Z432 (Machine Safeguarding) - Part 1
The 2^nd edition of CSA’s Safeguarding of Machinery Standard is in development and once released will specify requirements for the design, manufacture, installation, maintenance, operation and safeguarding of all industrial machinery. Changes to this standard will affect requirements for both the physical safeguards on a machine as well as the process used to determine how hazards are identified. Compliance with this CSA standard is recognized as good engineering practice in the safeguarding of machinery. Therefore, compliance with the new CSA-Z432 is strongly recommended to avoid future noncompliance issues with MOL inspectors. Key changes to the standard and more information on how this will affect your workplace will follow in the next editions of EHS Headlines.
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Toronto 700 - 111 Gordon Baker Road Toronto, Ontario M2H 3R1 (416) 495-1314 · Fax (416) 495-9211	Ottawa 7857 Morningside Avenue, Box 176 Vernon, Ontario K0A 3J0 (613) 821-9099 · Fax (613) 821-9100	Internet consultants@rea4ehs.com www.rea4ehs.com

Hamilton 7 Innovation Drive, Unit 325 Dundas, Ontario L9H 7H9 (905) 690-4442 · Fax (905) 690-1119	Vancouver 383 - 1917 West 4^th Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 1M7 (604) 422-0110 · Fax (604) 422-0112	Toll Free 1-888-rea-4-ehs

Industrial designers and manufacturing engineers make ergonomic design decisions every day. It is well known that poor ergonomic design can lead to musculoskeletal injuries, low back pain, and other ailments; as well as increased error rates, reduced quality and lower productivity.

Given this, "ergonomic literacy" should be a core competency of every manufacturing specialist and designer.

Unfortunately, until now, ergonomic training courses for business have tended to focus on issues in office environments – it has been much harder to find training to address the needs of engineering personnel responsible for equipment and process design and operation. "Industrial Ergonomics for Safety and Performance" is designed to fill the gap.

Developed for engineering and technical specialists, this course covers:

The importance of ergonomic and human factors design principles in process and equipment design
Where ergonomic risk assessment fits into comprehensive manufacturing risk assessment
Key standards, tools and applications for industrial ergonomic design, construction and implementation
Choosing the right solution for a given situation
Making the business case: benefits for safety, productivity, performance, quality
Machine and process design case studies and examples


About the Instructor …
Renée Frigault has a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) from Queen’s University. Prior to joining REA, she worked for several years as a manufacturing engineer with auto parts manufacturers in the United States and Canada, gaining hands-on experience in design, specification, and integration of production machinery and processes. She is a Professional Engineer, and is currently completing the thesis requirement for her Master of Science in Biomechanical Engineering from Queen’s University. Her consulting practice focuses on industrial ergonomics, machine safeguarding, and design safety analysis.

About REA …
REA provides consulting, professional engineering, and training services in occupational and environmental health and safety.
REA was the first to provide Pre-Start Health and Safety Review (and it’s precursor, Pre-Development Review) training in 1997, and has trained over a thousand engineers and technical specialists in pre-start reviews, and Machine and Process Safeguarding.

Upcoming courses
April 8, 2003 - Toronto	May 20, 2003 - Hamilton	June 4, 2003 - London
8-hour session (1 day) is only $545 plus GST. Registration fee includes course material, refreshments, and a non-refundable $95 administration fee.
Ask us about in-house courses provided at your location.

"Ergonomic Literacy" is Essential for Conformance with Requirements of the upcoming 2^nd Edition of CSA Z432 – Safeguarding of Machinery

The soon to be released 2^nd Edition of CSA Z432 will require explicit application of ergonomic design principles to all industrial machinery. The Ministry of Labour considers conformance with CSA’s Z432 "Safeguarding of Machinery" to constitute "good engineering practice" for purposes of compliance with the machine guarding and pre-start health and safety review provisions of the Industrial Establishments Regulation.

Register Online Now!

Consider the "Industrial Process" Training Package: Register for Machine and Process Safeguarding, Pre-start Health and Safety Review and Ergonomics in Design courses and the combined course fee is only $1500. (For more information on these courses, please visit our website at www.rea.ca.

Discount Policy: For "all-at-one-time" registrations of 3 participants (from the same company for the same course), a 4^th attends for FREE!

Toronto 700 - 111 Gordon Baker Road Toronto, Ontario M2H 3R1 (416) 495-1314 · Fax (416) 495-9211	Ottawa 7857 Morningside Avenue, Box 176 Vernon, Ontario K0A 3J0 (613) 821-9099 · Fax (613) 821-9100	Internet consultants@rea4ehs.com www.rea4ehs.com
Hamilton 7 Innovation Drive, Unit 325 Dundas, Ontario L9H 7H9 (905) 690-4442 · Fax (905) 690-1119	Vancouver 383 - 1917 West 4^th Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 1M7 (604) 422-0110 · Fax (604) 422-0112	Toll Free 1-888-rea-4-ehs

Bill C-12, which came into effect December 2000, amended the Canada Labour Code, Part II, by amending the requirements to include a Policy Health and Safety Committee for work places with more than 300 employees; amending the existing powers of the Health and Safety Committees; and by extending the duties of the employer – particularly in relation to the protection of third parties. Also among those duties is an obligation to "ensure that employees who have supervisory or managerial responsibilities are adequately trained in health and safety and informed of their responsibilities that they have".

In response, REA has developed two courses designed to help employers subject to the Canada Labour Code, Part II meet these new requirements.

Canada Labour Code, Part II – Work Place and Policy Health and Safety Committees

Canada Labour Code, Part II – OH&S for Managers and Supervisors

How are your committees functioning?

This course addresses the following topics:

All Work Place and Policy Health and Safety Committee members; persons in H&S roles; work place OHS resource persons.

Roles and Responsibilities for Work Place Parties

Functions of H&S Committees

Powers of H&S Officers

Application of the Due Diligence Cycle to Day-to-Day Work Activities

Practical Skills for Committees

March 20 & 21, 2003 – Ottawa *en français
May 12 & 13, 2003 – Calgary
8-hour session (1 day) is only $175 plus GST.
Registration fee includes participants’ manual, copy of OHS legislation and refreshments.
For information on arranging in-house courses, please contact us directly.

Work Place Inspections / Hazard Identification

Accident Investigations

Making Meaningful Recommendations

Dealing with Work Refusals

etc.

What are manager’s or supervisor’s duties for OH&S under CLC-II?

This course addresses the following topics:

All Supervisors and Managers subject to CLC-II; persons in H&S roles; workplace OHS resource persons

Roles and Responsibilities for Work Place Parties

Functions of H&S Committees

Powers of H&S Officers

Application of the Due Diligence Cycle to Day-to-Day Work Activities and Projects and Contractors

April 11, 2003 – Calgary
April 25, 2003 – Ottawa

16-hour session (2 days) is only $295 plus GST.
Registration fee includes participants’ manual, copy of OHS legislation and refreshments.
For information on arranging in-house courses, please contact us directly.

OH&S Management System Elements to Maintain Compliance and Protection