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April/May 2016 29 Workrite Uniform Company's MHP Coveralls Workrite Uniform Company's multi-hazard protection (MHP) coveralls provide a fl ame-resistant (FR) barrier against arc fl ash, fl ash fi re and small molten metal splatter. Made from DuPont™ Nomex® MHP fabric, the coveralls wick moisture and dry quickly for improved on-the-job comfort while also offering exceptional long-term durability and colorfastness. Canadian Safety Reporter This monthly newsletter is an essential resource for the creation of a safe workplace. It illustrates techniques and strategies on how to keep the workplace safe from hazards and in full compliance with the latest legislation. Learn the practical knowledge and skills to confi dently lead and manage your employees and ensure uniformity and consistency in day-to-day operations. www.workrite.ca 1-800-521-1888 Booth #849 1-800-387-5164 www.safety-reporter.com Booth #413 Workplace injuries can have mental health costs Physical injuries often come with collateral damage — depression, PTSD BY LIZ BERNIER PHYSICAL INJURIES are certainly costly and disruptive to the workplace in and of themselves, but in many cases they can cause a secondary injury as well. There is a solid link between physical injuries and psychological injuries such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to Therese Richmond, professor of nursing and associate NEWS BRIEF Safety Reporter Canadian www.safetyreporter.com April 2016 Recovery > pg. 2 ONTARIO PROPOSAL PRESUMES WORK- RELATED PTSD IN FIRST RESPONDERS Post-traumatic stress disorder, first responders, and presumed entitlement to benefits: What does it mean for Ontario employers? pg. 3 WORKER FIRED FOR NOT WEARING PPE GETS TO PUT IT BACK ON pg. 5 Supervisors and co-workers felt worker's safety violation was minor, so termination was excessive: Court PHYSICAL AND MENTAL INJURIES CONTRIBUTED TO LACK OF WORKER'S CO-OPERATION Benefits discontinued after worker didn't co-operate with return-to-work efforts pg. 7 INSIDE Educational assistant assaulted by student wins mental stress benefits Frequent assaults by special needs student were traumatic and not an expected part of the job: Tribunal BY JEFFREY R. SMITH PHYSICAL ABUSE from a special needs student is beyond what is expected in the job of an educational assistant who is entitled to benefits for mental stress, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has ruled. The worker was hired by an Ontario school board in 2001 and became an educational as- sistant (EA) for "intensive sup- port for low incidence-high risk needs (developmental disabili- ties, physical disabilities)" a year later. This category of EA quali- fied the worker to assist students with physical disabilities requir- ing assistive devices such as feed- INJURIES AT WORK MAY INCREASE RISK OF LOSING ONE'S JOB: U.S. STUDY (Reuters Health) — A new U.S. study of nursing home workers finds that within six months of an injury, work- ers are more likely to lose their jobs. Compared to uninjured col- leagues, workers who were hurt were more than twice as likely to be fired in the next six months. Workers who had been injured multiple times were also twice as likely to quit their jobs in the next six months, the study found. "The results demonstrate higher risk of being fired but we don't have data to say why exactly workers are being fired. We can only say that their risks are higher," said lead au- thor Cassandra Okechukwu of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston. In general, workers are most like- ly to be injured during the first few months in a new environment, the study team notes in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Job turnover increases the chances an injured worker will be injured again in a new workplace. People injured more than once were more likely to choose to leave their jobs than uninjured workers, while people injured only once were more likely to be fired. Credit: Shutterstock Breakdown > pg. 8 PM40065782 Safety Reporter Canadian www.safetyreporter.com The nationwide search for the most outstanding safety professional is on! Canadian Occupational Safety is now accepting nominations for the 2016 Safety Leader of the Year. If you know an OHS professional who deserves to be recognized for exceptional leadership, we would like to hear from you. Visit cos-mag.com/safety-leader.html for nomination details. 2015 SAFETY LEADER OF THE YEAR Roxanne McKendry Manager of Employee Health and Safety Carewest NOMINATIONS CLOSE JULY 6 SAFETY LEADER 2016 OF THE YEAR A THOMSON REUTERS PUBLICATION • DECEMBER/JANUARY 2015 • WWW.COS-MAG.COM COMBUSTIBLE DUST IN RECYCLING • DROPPED OBJECTS PREVENTION • EMPLOYEE RISK TOLERANCE A THOMSON REUTERS PUBLICATION • DECEMBER/JANUARY 2016 • WWW.COS-MAG.COM PM# 40065782 HANDLING SULPHURIC ACID • LONG-HAUL TRUCK DRIVER HEALTH • WHO REALLY IS A 'WORKER'? of the Congratulations to Roxanne McKendry, manager of employee health and safety at Carewest Safety leader Congratulations to Roxanne McKendry, manager of employee health Congratulations to Roxanne McKendry, manager of employee health year A THOMSON REUTERS PUBLICATION • DECEMBER/JANUARY 2016 • WWW.COS-MAG.COM PM# 40065782 HANDLING SULPHURIC ACID • LONG-HAUL TRUCK DRIVER HEALTH • WHO REALLY IS A 'WORKER'? and safety at Carewest Safety Safety leader leader Safety leader Safety manager of employee health year year Congratulations to Roxanne McKendry, year Congratulations to Roxanne McKendry, manager of employee health year manager of employee health PM# 40065782 A THOMSON REUTERS PUBLICATION • DECEMBER 2014/JANUARY 2015 • WWW.COS-MAG.COM HARD HATS AND HEADACHES • SAFELY HANDLING CORROSIVE CHEMICALS • STRUCK-BY ACCIDENTS of the Congratulations to Dave Hagen, vice-president of EHS at Chemco Electrical Contractors Safety Leader Year CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Visit cos-mag.com/safety-leader.html for nomination details.

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