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To help businesses and organizations better understand how the new standard can impact their energy consumption, CSA Standards is presenting a 90-minute webinar on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from noon to 1:30 p.m. EDT. Entitled “ISO 50001: Insights into Implementation,” it will discuss how implementation of an energy management system can improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs -- making them more competitive in the global marketplace. CSA believes the adoption of this new standard will help businesses and organizations throughout Canada and the world to become highly-efficient energy users. For more information on ISO 50001, or to register…
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Cimco Refrigeration, a division of Toromont Industries Ltd. that manufactures and maintains refrigeration systems, was fined $95,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Sobeys Capital Inc., carrying on business as Sobey's Whitby Retail Support Centre, a grocery distribution centre, was fined $30,000 in relation to the same incident. On Aug. 22, 2009, a worker from Cimco Refrigeration was servicing an electrically-powered door at the Sobey's Whitby Retail Support Centre. While standing on a ladder, the worker made contact with the door's energized control panel. The worker fell from the ladder, sustaining…
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The Supervising for Safety course provides information and resources on supervision and the key role it plays in providing and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
"It's all about getting occupational health and safety resources to the customer in ways that meet their needs," says Gordon Thorne, WorkSafeBC manager of safety videos and publications, who helped build the course. "Making the course available on its own website and on Facebook increases access by bringing the classroom experience to the participant."
The program originated with an industry group of labour, business and WorkSafeBC officers concerned with injury and disease prevention. Supervisors in industry may lack a full understanding of their role and responsibilities relating to the safety of their workers, including the requirement to provide information, instruction, training, supervision, verification of knowledge, and correction of workplace hazards.
"We built the program because there wasn't much out there for supervisors," says Mike Tasker, a WorkSafeBC occupational safety officer based in Prince George, and one of the program's originators. "So we put together the course based on our experience as supervisors, and best practices for what works in safety management."
Organized into nine modules, the course can take seven to eight hours to complete and also allows you to select the topics you want to explore and proceed at your own pace. It contains over 60 video clips and templates of forms, checklists and other WorkSafeBC safety resources to download.
The course can be accessed at SupervisingforSafety.com or on Facebook by searching for "Supervising for Safety."
WorkSafeBC is an independent provincial statutory agency
Supervisors, workers and employers in any industry in B.C. may benefit from a new WorkSafeBC online safety training course that can be accessed any time, free of charge.
The Supervising for Safety course provides information and resources on supervision and the key role it plays in providing and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
"It's all about getting occupational health and safety resources to the customer in ways that meet their needs," says Gordon Thorne, WorkSafeBC manager of safety videos and publications, who helped build the course. "Making the course available on its own website and on Facebook increases access by bringing the classroom experience to the participant."
The program originated with an industry group of labour, business and WorkSafeBC officers concerned with injury and disease prevention. Supervisors in industry may lack a full understanding of their role and responsibilities relating to the safety of their workers, including the requirement to provide information, instruction, training, supervision, verification of knowledge, and correction of workplace hazards.
"We built the program because there wasn't much out there for supervisors," says Mike Tasker, a WorkSafeBC occupational safety officer based in Prince George, and one of the program's originators. "So we put together the course based on our experience as supervisors, and best practices for what works in safety management."
Organized into nine modules, the course can take seven to eight hours to complete and also allows you to select the topics you want to explore and proceed at your own pace. It contains over 60 video clips and templates of forms, checklists and other WorkSafeBC safety resources to download.
The course can be accessed at SupervisingforSafety.com or on Facebook by searching for "Supervising for Safety."
WorkSafeBC is an independent provincial statutory agency
