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December/January 2016 3 December Occupational disease Material handling Health and wellness January Chemical handling Health care Gas detection Safety Leader of the Year Watch the exclusive video on Roxanne McKendry of Carewest to nd out why she was the winner of our annual award. Staff and co-workers share their insights on why she is exceptional in her role. www.cos-mag.com/safetyleader2015.html Webinars The COS webinar library is lled with on-demand topics including arc ash, safety leadership and a sneak peek at the ISO 45001 standard. www.cos-mag.com/CPDCentre on now @ twitter.com/cosmagazine Join Canadian Occupational Safety group on Follow us on Culture Shock Shawn Galloway, president of ProAct Safety, presents a monthly video on safety culture. Watch the latest video on transformational Pareto analysis. Highlights from CSE The winners of the 2015 Canada's Safest Employers awards were hon- oured at a gala in Toronto on Oct. 28. 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AMANDA SILLIKER FROM THE EDITOR Canadian Occupational Safety's Editorial Advisory Board Dave Gouthro, CRSP, CHSC, CHSO Occupational Health & Safety Consulting David Johnston, CRSP Director, EHS, Toronto Hydro-Electric System Ltd. Eldeen Pozniak Director, Pozniak Safety Associates Inc. Guy Chenard Retired, Senior H&S Advisor, Ontario Power Generation Maureen Shaw President, Act Three Consulting Dr. Ron Saunders Director of Knowledge Transfer & Exchange Institute for Work & Health cos-mag.com visit us online More videos at www.cos-mag.com/video.html coming up online latest videos Safety star R oxanne McKendry is truly a rock star when it comes to health and safety. Her enthusiasm, energy and passion are infectious. I've had the pleasure of watching McKendry in action during a presentation at a safety conference and she commands the room with a combination of deep wisdom and bubbly personality. Her co-workers at Carewest absolutely adore her and Samara Sinclair wrote a glowing nomination for her for the 2015 Safety Leader of the Year award, which McKendry has won. When the award was announced for the fi rst time at the Canada's Safest Employers gala on Oct. 28 in Toronto, McKendry jumped up and down with excitement. Upon taking the stage, she raised the award above her head and exclaimed "Nurses can do safety, too." As a Registered Nurse, a Certifi ed Occupational Health Nurse and a Canadian Registered Safety Professional, McKendry's expertise has given her the perfect combination of skills to protect her workforce at the continuing care company. (Read more on page 16.) My grandmother's brother was a truck driver in Ontario. He frequently drove to the United States and he was away from home for days on end, ate at fast-food restaurants, smoked heavily, had hypertension and struggled to get a good night's sleep. While on the road, he was forced to eat at fast-food restaurants and he certainly never hit the gym, both of which contributed to his obesity. He was under tremendous stress, on top of everything else, and he died at age 58. That's why I was not surprised when I read the results from a recent survey on truck driver health. (See page 20.) Turns out, my great uncle was not alone in his health diffi culties — serious negative health outcomes are wide- spread within the industry. According to the Conference Board of Canada, the average age of truckers is 46, compared to the general worker population, which is 41.5. Having an older workforce does increase the chances of having health problems, which is why employers in this sector need to pay special attention to putting programs in place to encourage workers to eat well, exercise and take care of themselves. The International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO) has released a much- anticipated worldwide capability framework for occupational health and safety professionals. Three years in the making, the framework aims to provide a common language around the skills and knowledge all health and safety professionals around the world should possess. (See page 6.) It looks at safety professionals and safety practitioners and breaks each role into three levels, as to further defi ne capabilities. It gives a solid baseline that employers can use when they are hiring safety personnel and safety professionals can use it to inform their professional development. This is hopefully a step toward much-needed harmonization of the occupational health and safety profession. Glyn Jones discusses the need that exists just within our own country on page 10 and shines some light on progress being made within the construction industry. When I was in Banff, Alta., for Enform's Petroleum Safety Conference in May, I met a couple of guys from Cooler Heads Safety who had just designed a new fl ame shield to protect worker's faces from fl ash fi re. It made me think that while I constantly hear about eye protection and head protection, I don't hear about face protection nearly as much. Even at the countless trade shows I attend across North America, eye wear and hard hats vastly outnumber any type of face protection. Why is this? Burns, wounds or punctures to the face can be deadly as they can cause severe bleeding or interference with the airway. It's time to give face protection the spotlight it deserves. (See page 18.) Amanda Silliker, Editor amanda.silliker@thomsonreuters.com

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