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Celebrating Workplace Safety in North Bay

Labour Management Health and Safety Committee News Release ******************** The North Bay Regional Labour Management Health and Safety Committee is hosting a heatlh and safety conference titled "Celebrating Workplace Safety in North Bay" on April
Labour Management Health and Safety Committee
News Release

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The North Bay Regional Labour Management Health and Safety Committee is hosting a heatlh and safety conference titled "Celebrating Workplace Safety in North Bay" on April 12th at the Best Western Hotel.

The new Chief Prevention Officer for the Ministry of Labour George Gritziotis will be the first guest speaker at 1 pm;

Rob Ellis, a Health and Safety motivational speaker will is the evening guest speaker at 6:10pm.

Mr Ellis lost his son David to a workplace incident in February 1999. Mr Ellis will also be speaking to students at St-Joseph Scollard Hall at 1pm.

Peter Augruso the Ministry of Labour Director of Northern Region and Al Beatty the CEO and President of the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association will be on hand for the roundtable hotstove with George Gritziotis the Chief Prevention Officer.

The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association Mobile Trailer will be onsite with the IHSA, Ministry of Labour and private sector professionals available to answer your questions. This event has many great break-out sessions for those attending the event.

Sessions include:

* How to do a proper Accident/Incident Investigation
* Defensive Driving
* IHSA Certificate of Recognition (COR Program)
* Working around overhead wires
* Scaffold Safety
* Rigging,
* Basics of Supervising
* Occupational Health
* Confined Spaces
* Trenching & Excavation
* What to do when the MOL inspector visits your site.
What does an order mean?MOL Blitzes
* MTO Logbooks,
* Surface Mining Aggregates Spring Blitz
* Locates for underground services
* CSA Fall Protection Standards

This conference is free of charge to participants thank to the generosity of the various businesses in the North Bay area. For registration information please visit our website at northbaylm.yolasite.com

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