Health & Safety News
Construction Industry – July 2010
Welcome to Health & Safety News, your monthly e-mail magazine from the Infrastructure Health & Safety Association (IHSA). IHSA is mandated to work with employers and workers in Ontario to eliminate occupational injury and illness. It serves the aggregates, construction, electrical, natural gas, ready-mix concrete, transportation, and utilities industries.
Each month, we provide you with health and safety news from your sector, member updates, safety talks, and much more. If you have comments or ideas for stories, e-mail feedback@ihsa.ca
News
Eleven construction fatalities so far
Injury rates go down
Safety alerts: Class FRL fall-protection system and Genie machines
New guideline: Overhead protection at entrances to personnel hoists
Panel chair addresses IHSA annual meeting
Workplace violence laws now in effect: Are you ready?
Don’t touch giant hogweed
Industry reps form first IHSA board
How-to
High-rise formwork: It’s all about the plan
Traffic control and young workers
Silica dust: More hazardous than you may realize
A Story from the Field
In just ten minutes
Silvio Mesaglio knows it’s a miracle that he didn’t die. When everything went black, and all he could think about was his wife, he was pretty sure he wouldn’t make it. The doctors thought the same thing when he arrived at the hospital.
Member News
Thinking of joining Safety Groups?
Niagara Committee takes 2009 Samson award
Kingston Committee combats falls
Products and Services
New course: Contractor SafetyEssentials
Construction Health & SafetyOfficer
Basics of Fall Protection – halfday training
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