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Driving Change Commitment from leaders is key to creating a safety culture, but effecting lasting change and positive outcomes requires a behavioural transformation in workers. By Ann Ruppenstein

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The Long Road Explosive find in British Columbia; trailer ramp kills worker in Alberta; fatal collision with moose in Saskatchewan; amputation yields fine in Manitoba; Ontario issues highest criminal negligence penalty; Nova Scotia tackles piracy; Prince Edward Island sets action plan; Newfoundland and Labrador urges power line safety; and more. Dispatch e s

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Quebec’s move to fund the revival of an asbestos mine has drawn swift and polarized responses, igniting concerns surrounding worker health and safety. By jason contant

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EDITORIAL

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he Supreme Court of Canada’s dismissal in July of a Chinese company’s appeal relating to a double fatality has reopened an old wound, casting an unflattering light on workplace safety in the oil sands. The decision, which ruled that Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Company Ltd. must stand trial in October, sends a strong signal to foreign companies that they are not immune to answering workplace safety charges — even if the foreign entity has no official presence in Canada. The ruling was in response to a challenge launched in 2011 by Sinopec following an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling ordering the state-owned company from Beijing, China to stand trial on charges relating to a workplace incident dating back to April of 2007. Two Chinese workers were killed when the roof of an oil storage tank collapsed at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s Horizon Oil Sands site in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The five-year delay in the prosecution of this case has not only exposed flaws in our legal and enforcement system, but raised doubts in its ability to make international companies accountable for injuries or fatalities on worksites in Canada. There are also concerns that the lure of foreign investments and breakneck pace with which the oil and gas sector is developing may have led to worker safety falling by the wayside. In the past two years, state-owned Chinese companies have invested more than $10 billion in Canada’s oil and gas sector, notes information from the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) in Ottawa. The acquisition of Calgary-based global energy company Nexen Inc. by China National Offshore Oil Company for US$15.1 billion in July is the latest addition to China’s burgeoning energy portfolio spanning several continents. China’s attraction to Canadian crude oil reserves, which rank as the second largest in the world, is by no means unreciprocated. After being spurned by the United States in the Keystone XL pipeline project, the great white north has found in China a willing partner who can further our economic interests. However, it is important to take a step back and ensure that workplace safety does not become a sacrificial cow in the pursuit of economic gains. Foreign corporations operating on Canadian soil must comply with oh&s regulations, and worker safety — local and foreign alike — must be protected. The number of foreign workers in Alberta rose to a peak of 39,000 in 2008, before dipping to 24,000 in 2010, notes information from the government of Alberta. Recently announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) — permitting employers to pay migrant workers up to 15 per cent less and fast-tracking employer applications for these workers — will add to the demand for TFWs, especially in the oil and gas sector. A report released in May by the Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada in Calgary forecasts the sector will need to fill 9,500 job openings by 2015. Better protection of vulnerable guest workers, who already face significant barriers in language, culture and work practices, requires effective communication and vigorous enforcement of TFWP regulations and health and safety laws. Addressing loopholes — such as those surrounding jurisdictional issues in the Sinopec case — is imperative in preventing legal wranglings and attempts to dodge justice from occurring in the future. For the families of the two deceased Chinese workers, the closing chapter has yet to be written. Let us hope the arm of justice will be long enough to bring some restitution to these families half a world away.

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OH&S UPDATE

Fishing safety concerns cited FEDERAL — Despite some major over-

hauls to safety regulations, Canada’s fishing industry seems to be stuck in a rut when it comes to keeping its workers safe. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says comprehensive action is needed to right the ship. In late June, the board released the findings of a three-year investigation into fishing industry safety and put forward 10 key issues that the industry, regulators and the fishing community need to address to see a positive impact on health and safety while at sea. Lead TSB investigator Glenn Budden says the study was launched because the board realized that they had been dealing with many of the same issues for the last two decades with little improvement in fatality rates. The industry averages one death a month, year after year. “The continued loss of life in the fishing industry was unacceptable to the TSB,” Budden says. “The industry and the fishing community haven’t really grasped the idea that the issues are inter-

connected and that the solutions are going to need to be co-ordinated as well.” Christian Braun, executive secretary of the Maritime Fishermen’s Union, says the lack of safety improvement is disappointing. However, he notes the change in fishing safety culture on the East Coast over the past three years is positive and its impact would likely be felt in the younger generation of harvesters. The critical safety issues identified by the TSB include the following: • F ishermen need to understand the principles of stability and apply them to fishing operations; • L ifesaving appliances should be properly designed, carried, fitted, used and maintained; • A regulatory framework should be coordinated and consistently applied; • T raining needs to be effective and be reinforced by regular practice; • P ractical, understandable safety information should reach those in the fishing community who need it; • The fishing community needs to accept the cost of safety as an integral part of fishing;

• T he risks of fatigue must be understood and managed; • Accident data needs to be collected, analyzed and communicated to help the fishing community; and, • Safe work practices need to be made routine.

Blasting materials found VANCOUVER — Construction workers in

Vancouver stumbled upon an explosive find in early July. A company gutting a house built at the turn of the century came across a few old copper blasting caps used in excavation and mining. Four days after the initial find, workers found more explosive material — this time a stash of some 50 blasting caps stored in a tin, including a bottle of nitroglycerine. “These were potentially extremely volatile. The chemicals they used 100 years ago, over time they break down,” says Constable Lindsey Houghton of the Vancouver Police Department. The chemicals have been known to spontaneously combust and explode on oc-

Gas build-up sparks mill explosion SKOOKUMCHUCK — Another pulp mill explosion in British

Columbia came hot on the heels of an announcement that the province’s safety regulator is expanding its sawmill hazard review to include nearly 300 wood-processing plants. On July 12 at around 3 p.m., an explosion occurred at the chemical preparation area of Tembec Inc. pulp mill in Skookumchuck, British Columbia, located north of Cranbook. The explosion was the result of a build-up of chlorine dioxide, the chemical used to bleach pulp, WorkSafeBC reports. “The incident involved a spent acid tank. Gas appears to have built up in the fibreglass tank, possibly due to a cooling fan not operating,” says WorkSafeBC spokesperson Megan Johnston in Richmond, British Columbia. “There was damage to the tank, but not to the peripheral area,” Johnston adds. No staff injuries were reported, but an evacuation was a necessary precaution, especially when chemicals are involved. The explosion, which occurred shortly after a power outage, “was due to a decomposition reaction of chlorine dioxide gas at high concentration,” Linda Coates, vice-president of communications and public affairs at Tembec says from Toronto. “We continue to investigate the incident with the assistance of operators and external plant process experts.” The latest incident follows a string of wood processing mill

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explosions in the province this year. In January, an explosion at Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake claimed two workers and injured 19 others. In April, an explosion at Lakeland Mills in Prince George killed two and injured 22. While the Tembec pulp mill explosion pales in comparison to the deadly sawmill infernos, it has raised alarm bells at WorkSafeBC, which recently expanded its hazard review to include all wood processing mills. WorkSafeBC will be inspecting 280 employers registered in the wood and paper products industry, focusing on dust clean-up, ventilation and other dust control issues. While it is still not known if build-up was the cause of recent mill explosions, “the dust issue has been prevalent in all mills since the inception of mills,” says Mike Cass, a spokesperson with Western Forest Products Inc., which owns and operates ten mills on British Columbia’s coast. Cass says the company has amped up its safety measures in anticipation of recommendations from WorkSafeBC. He cited scoping out ignition sources as part of the company’s revised preventative maintenance system. The first round of the mill review is expected to be completed by the end of August, WorkSafeBC notes. — By Sabrina Nanji

casion, not to mention the presence of a bottle of nitro-glycerine, which is not the most stable substance, Houghton adds. “There was the very real potential that there could have been a big accident.” Police were called to the scene at about 12:30 p.m. to assess the material and remove it from the home. The caps, along with the bottle of nitro-glycerine, were taken by the explosives team into a nearby laneway and covered with about two yards of sand to create a makeshift bunker before they were destroyed using a controlled detonation, Houghton says. The whole process took approximately seven hours. Less than a year ago, a similar event occurred when construction workers at an excavation site in Vancouver dug up two artillery shells. While one of them was rusted out and benign, the other — a 16-kilogram shell, was still live.

Mountie files second lawsuit VANCOUVER — A female RCMP officer

in British Columbia has launched a sec-

ond lawsuit against the national police force in early July, citing sexual harassment and humiliation. Constable Karen Katz is taking the RCMP and the Attorney General of Canada to court, alleging that she has been subjected to “humiliating” and “embarrassing” incidents at the hands of her peers and superiors since her training began in 1989. Katz’s most recent statement of claim, which has yet to be proven in court, indicates that she was the target of sexual taunts and jokes about her appearance and weight. Katz alleges that she was routinely forced to go on a “fat parade” by her superiors, in which she had to stand in front of male officers and tell them her weight. She also claimed that she was the target of sexually explicit comments from fellow officers. Katz, who was diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder in 1997, said one of her coping methods was to work on her four published novels on outlaw motorcycle gangs. However, “it was ultimately my interest in outlaw biker subculture that led to my downfall,” Katz says,

adding that she was accused of being associated with the Hells Angels. “The RCMP has not had the opportunity to review these unproven allegations,” RCMP superintendent Ray Bernoties says in a written statement, “but at some point all the facts will be known and all statements will be made under oath in court. Until then, it would be inappropriate to speculate or to comment further.” Katz, who served in the E Division in British Columbia up until her medical leave in February of 2009, is seeking general, special, aggravated and punitive damages, compensation for future income loss, past loss of opportunity and cost of care. Earlier in January, Katz filed a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct by her coworker, Constable Baldev Singh Bamra and that the RCMP had failed to act on her complaint and provide her with a reasonably safe workplace. Katz is one of more than 150 women who have filed lawsuits against the force, claiming that they are victims of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. The B.C. Supreme Court has yet to de-

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cide whether or not the case classifies as a class-action lawsuit, which could take at least a year. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson pledged to address the allegations of sexual misconduct when he was inaugurated late last year. To date, the Commission has received more than 60 individual submissions addressing issues, concerns and personal experiences with the RCMP’s process for dealing with incidents of alleged harassment.

Worker crushed BY ramp COCHRANE — Alberta Human Services (AHS) is investigating the death of a worker crushed by a trailer ramp. On June 21, an employee of the Town of Cochrane was working underneath a large trailer at the town shop when the ramp fell on him. The town identified the deceased employee as 52-year-old Tim Bannister, a long-time Cochrane resident who has worked with the town for more than six years. Lisa Glover, an AHS spokesperson,

says Bannister was working at the rear section of the flatbed trailer when the hinges connecting the trailer failed, causing the back end of the equipment to fall on his chest. A co-worker called local EMS, but they were unable to revive him, Glover says. A stop-work order on the trailer has been issued.

revamping highway of death FORT MCMURRAY — Alberta has set its

sights on improving safety on the infamous Highway 63, otherwise known as the “Highway of Death,” that has claimed more than 100 lives since 2000. Released on June 29, the report was drafted by Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Mike Allen, who was appointed by Premier Alison Redford as the Highway 63 advisor to Alberta’s Minister of Transportation, Ric McIver. The report recommended expanding the highway, the only roadway option for workers travelling from Edmonton to Fort McMurray, into a four-lane highway and installing a physical barrier between

the northbound and southbound lanes, which McIver says would mitigate risky driving. “A lot of the bad things that happen on the road are due to bad decisions,” he suggests. “The road will be twinned, and [drivers] won’t be passing in a lane where there’s an opportunity for a headon collision,” he adds. Currently, the highway is a two-lane, undivided 240-kilometre expanse carrying 4,200 vehicles per day. However, Wood Buffalo mayor Melissa Blake says the report leaves something to be desired. “It still didn’t define a timeline for completion, but it did identify how long it would have taken, which was completely unacceptable,” Blake says. While Allen initially estimated completion would take 11 years, McIver says they can reduce that to less than eight years — if sufficient funds are available to complete the highway’s construction. Safeguarding Highway 63 dates back to 2006, when the provincial government originally pledged to twin the highway — a project that came with an almost $1-billion price tag. Alberta’s pro-

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vincial government has set aside $450 million in the budget for the next three years of construction, but the remaining $550 million required to complete the project is yet to be seen, McIver says. Carol Christian, a communications adviser with the Oil Sands Development Group, a non-profit organization in Fort McMurray representing various oil sands operators and developers, frequently travels Highway 63. For Christian, a multiple-fatality collision on April 27, which sparked a public protest after the incident left seven dead and two injured, was the turning point. “You will see other motorists not being careful and they do participate in risky driver behaviour,” she says. McIver says he expects the southern portion of the highway to be twinned in the next two to three years.

Over the last four years, Saskatchewan has seen an “aggressive” increase in the number of moose, especially in the southern parts of the province, says environment minister Ken Cheveldayoff. In an effort to curb the expanding numbers, the ministry has increased the number of moose hunting licenses in southern Saskatchewan almost six-fold from four years ago, handing out 2,650 this year compared to 455 in 2008.

“They’re migrating south with the increase of the average farm size in the province, and their ability to come into southern Saskatchewan and be relatively undisturbed is encouraging the population to increase,” Cheveldayoff says. The ministry estimates that about 10 per cent of the province’s 50,000 moose are in the south, where the bulk of the populace lives, leading to vehicle collisions with moose becoming more fre-

ROOFER FINED FOR UNSAFE WORK REGINA — A Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan business owner has pleaded guilty to four counts under the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act for fall protection and scaffolding failures. Theodore Sibbald of Sibbald Roofing was fined $9,800 on July 25 for failing to use a fall protection system, have a written fall protection plan and ensure that scaffold planks were free from defects or did not span more than three metres between vertical supports. Two workers were injured when a ladderjack scaffold plank broke while they were shingling a house in late 2009. A separate inspection found three workers without proper fall protection.

MOOSE COLLISION CLAIMS OFFICER WILKIE — A Saskatchewan RCMP officer who was killed after his vehicle collided with a moose has put the animals’ burgeoning populations in the crosshairs as the provincial government searches for ways to stem their growth. Shortly before 2 a.m. on July 20, the patrol car of 38-year-old Sergeant Derek Pineo collided with a moose along Highway 14, about seven kilometres outside Wilkie, Saskatchewan. Pineo, the only occupant in the vehicle, was killed. The officer had been on routine patrol and was responding to a couple of calls in the area at the time, says Sergeant Paul Dawson, media relations officer for the Saskatchewan RCMP.

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quent. In 2011, Saskatchewan Government Insurance reported about 16,000 wildlife collisions, resulting in 300 injuries and two fatalities. Collisions with deer are tracked independently from all other wildlife by SGI. The ministry is working with SGI to change that to better understand how many collisions involve moose and use that as a baseline for monitoring purpose, Cheveldayoff adds.

Overtime hikes injury risk REGINA — Efforts to reduce overtime

hours for health care workers in Saskatchewan’s capital proved fruitless the last fiscal year as overcrowded hospitals drove the average number of extra hours worked upwards. In July, the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region reported an almost 10 per cent

increase to 60.3 hours in the average full-time equivalent overtime hours worked from 2010-2011 to 2011-2012 fiscal years. The health authority had been aiming for a 10 per cent reduction in overtime before the start of the last fiscal year, down to under 50 hours, but it “kind of went the opposite direction,” says JohnPaul Cullen, Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region’s executive director of workforce strategy, safety and wellness. “There are a lot of factors that affect overtime, but this year we had extraordinary overcapacity issues,” he adds. Overtime and overcapacity issues can put health care workers and patients at a higher risk of injury. Research has shown that as overtime increases, so does fatigue, which can lead to more injuries and a higher incidence of sick time. “The excessive capacity issues we’ve had definitely played out in terms of their impact on injuries and sick time, and we can see that in our numbers,” Cullen adds, noting that while sick time utilization decreased by five per cent, the rate of injuries increased by the same. The region is looking to reduce the reliance on overtime clocked in by health care workers through improved scheduling and sick time management. However, he acknowledges that overtime will always play a role given the nature of work in hospitals, which operate on a 24-hour schedule. While it is the responsibility of employers and unions to establish appropriate practice and policies to minimize fatigue, the nurse or any health care provider must also be aware of the symptoms of fatigue and take action, says Karen Eisler, a registered nurse and the executive director of the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association in Regina. “The supervisor should take those concerns seriously and not expect someone to work past their limits,” Eisler adds.

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WINNIPEG — More than $60,000 in fines have been handed down after a worker’s fingers were amputated at a manufacturing facility in Winnipeg. On July 12, Cedorath Plating Co. Ltd. pleaded guilty to the charge of failing to ensure that a punch press machine had safeguards to prevent a worker from coming into contact with points of the machine where material is cut, shaped

Landmark fines in swing stage fatalities TORONTO — The highest criminal fine for corporate neg-

ligence causing death in Canadian history was handed down on July 13. Metron Construction Ltd., the company responsible for the deaths of four workers and the critical injury of another after a swing stage collapsed in Toronto in 2009, was fined $200,000 plus an additional $30,000 victim fine surcharge — double the previous largest fine and the first corporate guilty plea in Ontario since Criminal Code of Canada revisions were made in 2004. All 30 Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) charges against Metron were dropped. Company owner Joel Swartz was also fined $90,000 — the highest cumulative fine to an individual — after pleading guilty to four charges at $22,500 each under the act. Previously, the highest fine against an individual was $70,000. Twelve OHSA charges against Swartz were dropped as part of the plea deal. “This is a disgraceful ruling,” Sid Ryan, president of the Ontario Federation of Labour in Toronto, said after the sentencing. “It means that in this province, a life is worth $50,000.” Ryan questioned how the fine would send a message to employers, noting larger fines have been issued under OHSA. “I didn’t even really think that the million dollars was sufficient; I believe that jail time is what was required.”

Justice Robert Bigelow wrote that the fines to Swartz, the financial status of Metron and Swartz, the prior good character of the corporation and the severity of the failures of its legal duty formed his decision. On Christmas Eve in 2009, six workers were on the swing stage when it split in the middle as a seventh worker tried to climb onto it. One worker was tied off and was unhurt. The swing stage, meant for a maximum of two workers with equipment, weighs about 450 kilograms. The two arms that were supporting it were rated for about 450 kg each. Evidence in court revealed that the Ottawa-based rental company Swing ‘N’ Scaff had built the stage, which was not properly constructed and arrived without any manual, instructions or product information. Supervisor Fayzullo Fazilov also allowed six workers to be on the scaffold knowing that it was unsafe. There were only two lifelines available and three of the four workers, including Fazilov, had marijuana in their system. A total of 61 OHSA charges were laid after the incident. Almost half were against Metron, 16 against Swartz and eight against a supervisor. Swing ‘N’ Scaff was charged with four contraventions of the act while the company’s director was charged with three. — By Greg Burchell and Sabrina Nanji

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or bored. In March of 2010, a 44-year-old worker at the company was working at the machine when the top plate was activated and pressed down over his left hand, severing three of his fingers, notes a statement from SAFE Manitoba.

Young worker injured WINNIPEG — ShellMark Farms Ltd. received a $48,000 fine on June 28 following the injury of a young worker. On the day of the incident, a 15-yearold employee lost her balance while working near a conveyor belt and fell onto a moving unit. She was pulled under a metal brace that was part of the unit’s electric motor and pinned. The worker sustained serious injuries, including a fractured pelvis and sacrum, several crushed muscles and nerve damage to her right leg. The company pleaded guilty to failing to ensure a worker use safe work procedures while working in close proximity to, or when crossing a conveyor belt.

arc flash injury prompts fine MISSISSAUGA — ThyssenKrupp Industrial Services Canada Inc. has been convicted of hiring an unlicensed individual to do electrical work, in contravention of the Electrical Safety Act, after a worker suffered arc flash injuries while removing conductors from an electrical panel. The company was fined $70,000, including a donation of $50,000 to the Electrical Safety Authority for electrical safety education, a statement from the authority noted on July 24. The company and a supervisor were also charged by the provincial labour ministry when an investigation found the electrical panel was not disconnected, locked out or tagged before the work started, resulting in an additional fine of $171,000. “Companies and supervisors have a direct responsibility for those they hire to do electrical work and how the work is done,” Doug Crawford, chief public safety officer with the Electrical Safety Authority in Mississauga said in the statement.

Crawford notes that this incident is typical of occupational electrical injuries in Ontario. “They tend to occur during repair or maintenance work and involve unsafe procedures — often working live on a panel. Decisions like these can have deadly consequences,” he adds.

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firefighter killed by own truck MONTREAL — Two incidents on the same day have left one Quebec firefighter dead and another with minor injuries. At 4:30 p.m. on July 13, firefighter Thierry Godfrind, 39, was believed to have been struck by the fire truck he had taken to the scene of a fire shortly after he exited the vehicle, says Louis-Pierre Ducharme-Tremblay, a spokesperson for the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST), the province’s workplace health and safety board. Godfrind, who had been with the department for several years, was pronounced dead on scene. Two other firefighters were treated for shock, Ducharme-Tremblay confirms. Five fire trucks from three different stations across Montreal were responding to a fire in a two-storey triplex in the Saint-Laurent borough of the city. The Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal, the city’s fire department, had received a call from a tenant who was locked out of his apartment after leaving a pot on the stove, says fire chief Serge Tremblay. “At that time, we don’t know exactly what it was, it could already be on fire, that’s why the three fire stations had been

ly 90 kilometres per hour swept through the festival that day, collapsing one of five stages onsite and injuring three workers. “We had removed people from the stage just prior to the collapse, which I think was a large factor in which [many] people

assigned,” Tremblay explains. The fire department is conducting its own internal investigation into the incident and the CSST is in the process of contacting witnesses, Ducharme-Tremblay adds. In the meantime, the health and safety board ordered the fire department to not use the pumper truck in question until further notice and asked for a mechanical inspection of the vehicle. The last time a Montreal firefighter was killed on duty was in 2006. Captain Marcel Marleau, 47, died on January 21 of that year after he was caught in a flashover, Tremblay says. The second incident occurred later that night in Gatineau, Quebec when a fire broke out at a paper mill just across the river from Ottawa. A firefighter with Gatineau’s fire department suffered an injury to his arm during the response, Ducharme-Tremblay reports. Between 2007 and 2011, there were almost 2,000 work accidents involving firefighters and an additional 48 occupational exposure incidents, notes information from CSST. — By Jason Contant were not injured,” says Mark Monahan, executive and artistic director of the music festival. Since the incident, Monahan says an engineer has been hired to oversee all five stages and examine calculations done by the staging company related to factors, such as stress and wind load. “We had her actually verify those calculations and then come up with recommendations to sort of go beyond what the standards would be,” he adds. The festival has also contracted a private weather service out of Halifax to give festival organizers a thrice-daily prediction of factors over a 12-hour period, as well as a long-range prediction. A meteorologist is on-hand 24 hours a day. Monahan reported that organizers have reviewed emergency protocols and established an always-on-site, seven-person emergency control group. “In the event that anything happens, the group has a predetermined location to meet; we have a secondary location in case that is not available,” he says, adding that land lines have also been established. The ministry was scheduled to meet with the City of Ottawa’s building services department on July 30 to discuss ways to work collaboratively to help festival organizers ensure that temporary structures are safe for workers and the public.

Park wardens suit up for patrol duty PETERBOROUGH — Wardens who patrol Ontario’s provincial parks are suiting up, as bulletproof vests have become a mandatory accessory when they patrol for unruly campers. Since July, the Ministry of Natural Resources began rolling out soft body armour to 450 park wardens who watch over more than 100 parks across the province. It is a plan that was being developed over the past year and a half through a joint health and safety committee between the natural resources ministry and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). “It was a case of an escalation of safety measures. There wasn’t a single incident that triggered it,” says ministry spokesperson Jolanta Kowalski. Park wardens are expected to wear

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the vests, which weigh about two kilograms, whenever they are out on enforcement duties, including when responding to reports of alcohol, talking to campers and while on routine patrols, Kowalski explains. The vests cost the province $225,000. Elaine Bagnall, OPSEU co-chair of the ministry employee relations committee, says she has yet to receive any complaints from park wardens about the vests. Kowalski notes that some officers have indicated the vests make the wearer warmer, but “it’s a small price to pay for an improved level of safety.” Although a handful of wardens are assaulted every year across the province, there have never been any incidents of wardens being shot or stabbed, which the vests are also made to protect against. Unlike conservation officers, park wardens do not carry guns, but are equipped with batons.

Prison overcrowding draws protest NORTH BAY — Correctional officers from across Ontario held a demonstration at North Bay Jail in a bid to highlight concerns surrounding overcrowding, understaffing and violence in provincial prisons. The demonstration on July 19 was attended by about 100 people. It was aimed to put pressure on senior management at the Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services (MCSCS) to address these concerns, which have reached a boiling point, says Dan Sidsworth, an officer at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, Ontario and chair of the corrections division of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. The union reported 485 assaults on correctional officers across the province last year and 518 in 2010, compared to 251 in 2009 before the corrections ministry instituted a hiring freeze. “Counterparts in the other provinces, their totals are 20 or 30 per year,” Sidsworth says. “Ours are astronomical.” Greg Flood, an MCSCS spokesperson in Toronto, says the ministry placed a moratorium on the recruitment of correctional officers in 2010 to modernize its processes. “Due to closing facilities and the transfer of staff around the province, the ministry needs time for these transitions and as such, cannot provide a date for when recruitment will resume,” he says. The combination of overcrowding and understaffing is leading to burnout among some officers, Sidsworth contends. Although security concerns restrict him from divulging statistics on understaffing, he says the lack of staff is forcing penitentiaries to lock down inmates more often. “When we interact with the offenders when they’ve been locked in their cell all day, they’re more agitated, it doesn’t make our job easier at all,” Sidsworth says. “Mix the overcrowding into that and you’ve got cells that were made for one person that now have two inmates in them.” Flood acknowledged that while there were cases of slight overcrowding in some jails, Ontario’s correctional facilities operated at 95 per cent capacity last year and the ministry has “strategies in place to continually assess capacity needs to ensure that beds are available where they are most needed.” Overcrowding in jails across the country is nothing new. On April 30, Saskatchewan ombudsman Kevin Fenwick warned in his 2011 annual report that double-bunking — housing two inmates in one cell — was already common, with the potential for triple-bunking as well. “Overcrowding does pose serious health and safety risks for the inmates, but it also poses risks for the corrections workers tasked with supervising them,” he wrote.

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Piracy in the spotlight HALIFAX — Piracy experts worldwide

were on deck in Halifax in July to discuss ways of curbing increasing threats facing mariners and the shipping industry. The think tank, hosted by Dalhousie University, brought together commercial shipping industry leaders, legal and naval experts and non-government organizations. Piracy threatens international and national safety and has had dire effects on the crews, many of whom are treated for post-traumatic stress disorder, the conference notes. While the spotlight has been cast on Somali pirates, the scourge has spread to Thailand, the west coast of Africa and even Canada’s Maritime provinces, says Hugh Williamson, lead investigator with Dalhousie’s Marine Piracy Project and a professor of the marine affairs program. “We’ve had ships coming into Halifax with damage done by gunfire and attacks from pirates; they come in and you can see bullet holes on the side of the hull,” he says. “The pirates aren’t here, but certainly the effect they’re having on the shipping industry is being felt here.” Mariners employed on offshore tugboats who work in the international oil industry face especially dangerous waters, although the crews are the heaviest hit, notes Williamson, who estimates that piracy costs the shipping industry $12

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billion annually. That includes increased freight rates, more fuel to divert ships away from risky areas and hiring security guards. Maryse Durette, senior advisor at Transport Canada in Ottawa, says losses and costs stemming from piracy vary depending on circumstances. The department works closely with members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to address these concerns. “The IMO has established a distribution facility for the provision of flag state long-range identification and tracking information to security forces,” Durette explains. “[This] aids their work in the repression of piracy and armed robbery against ships.”

WCB releases action plan CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island’s Workers Compensation Board has released the 2011 WCB Employers Survey Action Plan, outlining the ways in which the board will respond to the survey it put out to stakeholders last year. “Stakeholder feedback is essential for the improvement of our programs and services. While we continue to achieve a high overall employer satisfaction rate, employers have told us that we can do more to bolster our efforts in injury prevention, return-to-work and online services,” a board statement noted on July 25. The action plan includes efforts, such as increasing awareness of the Timely and Safe Return-to-Work program, its materials and co-ordinator; educating employers on the services and utilities; and increasing employer awareness of the board’s prevention initiatives through the website, mail, email and advertisements.

power line safety urged ST. JOHN’S — Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is reminding contractors to keep the dangers of overhead and buried power lines top of mind. Fifteen contacts have already occurred to date, the majority involving large equipment, such as dump trucks, excavators, booms, cranes, tractors and trailers, a company statement noted on July 3. Several contacts involve weekend warriors working around the home and trimming trees without giving the lines adequate space. Special permits and specific requirements regarding clearance are mandated by the province’s oh&s regulations, the statement adds.

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Police work poses adverse health outcomes: study By Jean Lian

olice officers are often exposed to violence and physical dangers on the job, but the stress stemming from these occupational hazards can also negatively influence their health. A study conducted over five years by the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, found that daily psychological stresses experienced by police officers put them at a significantly higher risk than the general population of a host of longterm physical and mental health effects that include obesity, suicide, sleeplessness, cancer and other general health disparities. “This is one of the first police population-based studies to test the association between the stress of being a police officer and psychological and health outcomes,” Dr. John Violanti, professor of social and preventive medicine in the University of Buffalo’s school of public health and health professions, said in a statement in July. Dr. Violanti is also the study’s principal investigator. The study, drawing on data from 464 police officers from the Buffalo Police Department, was based on the hypothesis that job-related stressors like danger, high demands and exposure to human misery and death contribute to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and other chronic health outcomes. For example, shift work is a contributing factor to an increase in metabolic syndrome — a cluster of symptoms that includes abdominal obesity, hypertension, insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes and stroke. More than a quarter of officers had metabolic syndrome, compared to 18 per cent of the general population. “Usually, health disparities are defined by socioeconomic and ethnic factors, but here you have a health disparity caused by an occupation,” Dr. Violanti suggests. The picture is no different among law enforcers in the neighbouring north. A national study conducted by researchers from Carleton University in Ottawa and the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, found that Mounties suffer stress and health problems arising from long hours, understaffing, limited development opportunities, lack of career mobility and substantial family demands. The above findings, released in April of 2012, were based on a survey of 4,500 police officers from 25 forces across Canada. One in five is in poorer physical health, many of which are younger men. The high incidence of long, fluctuating

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shift arrangements were linked to physical and mental health problems, exhaustion, challenges for work-life balance and problems at home, among other findings, notes a statement from Carleton University. Two-thirds of police officers demonstrate a high level of absenteeism, missing some 14 days of work a year. Half the officers surveyed reported high levels of stress, the study found. Police officers also face unique demands like attending court hearings — sometimes on their days off. “The results from this study offer a wake-up call to police forces across Canada that are concerned with issues, such as recruitment, retention, succession planning and the cost of benefits,’’ Dr. Linda Duxbury, a professor in Carleton’s Sprott School of Business and a pioneer in the field of organizational health, said of the Buffalo study in a statement in April. “What we’re seeing is the need for a major change in how we manage our police forces. People can’t work in an environment that values 24/7 availability and offers them little control without paying a price.” The report will be used by police forces to examine managerial practices, says Carol Allison-Burra, president of the Canadian Association of Police Boards and director of the Kingston Police Services Board in Ottawa. “Police recruits need to receive inoculation training against stress,” Violanti says. “If I tell you that the first time you see a dead body or an abused child that it is normal to have feelings of stress, you will be better able to deal with them.” Jean Lian is editor of

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Ontario beefs up building code requirements for glass By Jason Contant

n amendment to Ontario’s Building Code that requires new buildings in the province to use stronger glass on balconies has come into effect. Under the amendment, builders who receive building permits after July 1 are required to use heat-strengthened laminated glass — the same type used in windshields and less prone to shattering — when installed close to a balcony’s edge. Heat-strengthened laminated glass or heat-soaked tempered glass must also be used where glass balcony guards are inset from the edge of the balcony. The amendment kicked in after the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, which oversees the development of the Building Code, established an expert advisory panel following several incidents of balcony glass shattering and raining down onto streets in Toronto last summer. The panel, comprising 25 members from various stakeholder organizations, was tasked with reviewing the existing requirements for glass panels in balcony guards and making recommendations on

amendments to the code, notes a ministry backgrounder. The panel’s report included seven recommendations, all of which were accepted by the ministry. Among these recommendations was amending the Building Code to provide supplementary prescriptive requirements for all glazing in interior and exterior guards in all buildings, and support for the proposed standard on balcony guard rails from the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). Michael Steele, a panel member and director of technical standards with the Residential Construction Council of Ontario in Vaughan, Ontario, says his organization supports the recommendations. “[This amendment] will impose new standards, making Ontario’s Building Code provisions the most stringent in Canada with respect to the use of glass panels in balcony guards,” he says. The amendment requires compliance on a goforward basis and existing buildings do not have to retrofit to the new requirement. This is intended to serve as an interim solution until the CSA develops a national technical standard, which is expected to be ready in a year or so, the backgrounder notes. The types of glass that is now prescribed for use in balcony guards — six millimetre tempered glass, heat-strengthened laminated glass and heat-soaked tempered glass — are already being manufactured. They are less likely to break due to force or temperature variances. In the event that they do shatter, the type of glass is manufactured to disintegrate into very small pieces and remain within the framing, the backgrounder adds. Jason Contant is managing editor of

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Foreign strippers stripped of new work visas By Sabrina Nanji

trip clubs, massage parlours and escort services will no longer be able to hire foreign temporary workers effective July 14. In an effort to curtail abuse and exploitation in the sex trade, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced that it will no longer process new work permit applications from foreign temporary workers looking for jobs in the sex industry. Following the announcement on July 4, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) started issuing negative labour market opinions for all applications from employers linked to the sex trade. “It will give us the ability to protect all workers from abuse and exploitation, and in particular, demeaning work. We think the potential for them being taken advantage of is huge,” Rick Dykstra, Conservative MP and parliamentary secretary to the citizenship and immigration minister, says from Ottawa. Almost 500 work permits were issued by the CIC to exotic dancers from 2001 to 2011. The latest move, however, has prompted outrage from certain quarters. The Adult Entertainment Association of Canada (AEAC) is considering challenging the ban. “[Temporary foreign workers] haven’t broken any laws, they aren’t

criminals, they should be treated as every other resident in Canada,” says Toronto-based Tim Lambrinos, executive director of the AEAC, a non-profit organization representing business stakeholders in the adult entertainment industry. Lambrinos argues the decision did not take into consideration industry feedback and the federal government has yet to provide concrete evidence of sex workers being exploited. “They say the potential is there,” but they have not been able to cite any instances of real exploitation, Lambrinos says. Amélie Maisonneuve, a spokesperson for HRSDC in Ottawa, pointed to a report outlining the heightened risk that foreign temporary workers face in comparison to their domestic counterparts. “The RCMP report Human Trafficking in Canada highlighted that temporary foreign workers are vulnerable to exploitation due to factors, such as language barriers, discrimination, isolation, unfamiliarity with Canadian employment standards and unwarranted threats against their immigration status,” Maisonneuve says. The ban on foreign temporary sex workers falls under the controversial refugee reform plan, Bill C-31: Protecting Canada’s Immigration Act. The omnibus bill, which was passed by the Senate on June 27, overhauled the country’s immigration laws. It has received flak from critics claiming the legislation is too harsh on refugee claimants. Dykstra, however, disagrees. “When you look at the implementation of Bill C-31 in terms of refugee reform and the aspect of human smuggling — if that is the intention of [those] who want to bring women into this country … it’s illegal. That isn’t an option to do this to women or to come to Canada,” he says. Sabrina Nanji is editorial assistant of health and safety news.

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New survey yields old finding on employee engagement By Jean Lian

he majority (67 per cent) of Canadian workers is not fully engaged in their work and frustrated by insufficient support from their organizations, so says a recent survey on employee engagement. Findings also suggest that Canadian workers are unable to sustain positive associations with their employers that lead to greater productivity, after almost a decade of having to accomplish more with less. The Towers Watson Global Workforce study, fielded through an online questionnaire between February and March of 2012, covers more than 32,000 employees across industries in 29 markets around the world. The Canadian

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sample includes 1,000 employees, notes a statement from the professional services firm, headquartered in New York. Almost all (95 per cent) highly engaged Canadian employees indicate that they have the work tools and resources required to achieve exceptional performance — compared to only 20 per cent among disengaged employees. Similar disparities are observed with regards to the ability to sustain energy throughout the work day (97 per cent versus 32 per cent) and sense of personal accomplishment at work (99 per cent versus 33 per cent). A less encouraging finding is that less than 40 per cent of Canadian respondents indicate that their organizations and senior leaders encourage and support a healthy workforce, or have a sincere interest in their well-being. “When workers are not fully engaged, it leads to increased risk for employers. It makes companies more vulnerable to lower productivity and higher inefficiency, greater rates of absenteeism and turnover and increased costs for chronic illnesses,” France Dufresne, leader of Towers Watson’s talent and rewards practice in Montreal, said in a statement in July. Dufresne cites on-the-job support for employees and employees’ sense of attachment as the “fundamentals of sustainable engagement.” A 2010 study on employee engagement in Canadian workplaces by Psychometrics Canada Ltd. in Edmonton points to similar conclusions. Of the 368 human resource professionals surveyed, almost 70 per cent indicated engagement as a problem in their organizations. Dysfunctional work relationships (29 per cent), lower productivity (25 per cent) and a reluctance to go beyond the job description (17 per cent) were cited among the most common results of disengagement, the study notes. Low engagement however, does not necessarily translate into high turnover or increased absenteeism. On the contrary, turnover and absences were among the lower rated results of disengagement at seven and eight per cent respectively. “It appears that the disengaged do not leave their organizations; instead they stay and damage both productivity and relationships,” the study writes. Some of the measures that drive employee engagement include providing staff with greater control over their work; giving employees opportunities to use their skills; and building better communication and relationships between management and staff, the Psychometrics study notes.

Mixing of chemicals prompt two evacuations By Greg Burchell

wo separate incidents involving gas releases within a week has highlighted the dangerous consequences when different chemicals are inadvertently mixed. On June 28 at about 2:30 p.m., Sun Valley Fresh Foods and two adjacent businesses in an industrial park in Kelow-

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na, British Columbia had to be evacuated after four litres of Javex (a liquid chlorine) and a tub of citric acid powder were spilled together, causing a reaction that released chlorine gas. The spill occurred when a forklift collided with an unattended dolly carrying both products, says Alexandra Skinner-Reynolds, a spokesperson at WorkSafeBC in Richmond, British Columbia. “The three people involved in handling the product itself, they had gowns and protective gear on, but the fumes themselves would seep through the clothing and the filters they are wearing on their masks,” SkinnerReynolds reports. Firefighters responded with a HAZMAT team and began ventilating the building. Two other businesses and a total of 100 workers were evacuated as a precaution, says platoon captain Dale Calhoun from the Kelowna Fire Department. While the emission of chlorine gas from the mixing of two chemicals was expected, it was not known how it would react with the painted concrete floor, Calhoun says. As a result, precautionary measures had to be taken. Two workers were given an emergency decontamination (one refused) and another two were taken to hospital, including a paramedic who was overcome while standing outside the building. “The product itself, with the chlorine gas that came out, it was a very potent smell,” Calhoun reports. “Only one little gulp of it and you can be overcome.” The three workers exposed to the gas worked in the production facility responsible for cutting up and packaging vegetables, Sun Valley controller Mark McInnes reports. It took approximately three hours before the air quality returned to normal and workers were allowed back into the building. Sun Valley has been subject to four WorkSafeBC inspections since 2009 with one outstanding order, issued in May, regarding safeguards around a package wrapper. One week after the spill in British Columbia, Irvine Tissue Inc. in Toronto reported a gas leak from a storage tank inside the plant after a delivery of chemicals, leading to an evacuation of almost 300 employees. A spokesperson from the Toronto Fire Department said they received a call shortly after 2 p.m. and discovered that bleach and Kymene, an additive that improves the strength of wet paper, had mixed together and was emitting chlorine gas. The fire department was advised to let the chemical reaction run its course by the Canadian Transport Emergency Centre, operated by the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Directorate of Transport Canada. Once the reaction stabilizes, it will stop emitting gas. “We kept taking its temperature and the temperature was dropping, so it was starting to stabilize. The building was evacuated for all the workers and there were no injuries,” the fire department spokesperson said. The building was cleared about four hours later. Greg Burchell is assistant editor of health and safety news.

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Star-struck waiter fired for posting celebrity tip online By Riva Gold

etting a generous tip for waiting on the table of a celebrity patron sounds like a great way to end a work day. It would have been, had the star-struck server kept his head — and the tip to himself. In North Carolina, a waiter was fired for posting online a photograph of a $200 tip by former National Football League star, Peyton Manning. “In that photo, there is credit card information, personal information and employee earnings information that should not be shared,” says Garth Whyte, president and CEO of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association in Toronto. “No personal information about customers or employers should be revealed.” In Canada, most restaurants and hotels have policies requiring that all client information, including identity, be treated as strictly confidential. “Many [restaurants] don’t allow staff to carry cell phones on shift or prohibit them from taking photos at work,” Whyte adds. The rules of client confidentiality apply to the health care sector. “It’s no different from working in a hospital,” says Tracey Starrett, owner of The Starrett Group, a human resources firm in Toronto. “If you had a celebrity patient, you could not reveal that — even if you’d love to.” Blame the user but not the tool, as workplace indiscretions involving the breach of clients’ privacy are often a result of poor judgment. “It’s the underlying problem of people disclosing more than they should and violating company policies,” Starrett argues. Employers can discipline an employee for making comments publicly that undermine their ability to conduct business, senior correspondent Derek Blackadder with LabourStart, an international trade union movement website, says from Peterborough, Ontario. “The problem is, most people don’t think of sites like Facebook as public places,” he suggests. “But it’s like writing on a billboard by a highway — the law treats it the same.” Younger employees may not be cognizant of how sharing information about their clients or employers can affect — even jeopardize — their employment. Starrett points to the hospitality sector’s large workforce of young workers between the ages of 15 and 24, many of which are engaged in social media. “You might need greater emphasis with them, especially the student population,” she says, advising companies to discuss confidentiality policies along with the code of conduct. Though it is uncommon for employers to actively monitor employees’ social media use, Starrett cautions that information can be brought to employers’ attention by third parties and documented using screen captures. “People are expected to behave in a manner consistent with their position or organization,” she says, pointing to the significant reach of social media tools. “You can’t pull it back once it’s out there.”

While Whyte thinks the incident in North Carolina may be rare, it is “definitely a cautionary tale, a wake-up call.” Riva Gold is a writer in Toronto.

New approach to studying silviculture injuries By Greg Burchell

ritish Columbia’s health and safety regulator is piloting a new research methodology in a study that aims to better understand why some tree planters develop musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs), but others survive seasons in the bush unscathed. The study, conducted by researchers from WorkSafeBC in Richmond, British Columbia, Boston-based Action Learning Systems and the Western Silvicultural Contractors’ Association in Vancouver, forgoes the traditional approach of biomechanical scrutiny often used to determine the cause of MSIs. Instead, it focuses on the “stories, narratives and insights” provided by tree planters, their supervisors and reforestation company owners. “Not everybody has an injury; some people are able to work in that terrain without injury or able to manage the early onset of injury,” says Jenny Coleman, a human factors specialist with WorkSafeBC’s investigations unit. “If we can derive that information from the people who were able to successfully manage that environment, then we can feed that back to the people to help them.” By conducting interviews with front-line workers, researchers can get a better picture of what factors can contribute to injury mitigation and avoidance, Coleman says. These factors include weather, terrain and contract requirements — such as adding fertilizer while planting or “screefing,” where a layer of dirt is removed before planting. The qualitative study is not intended to replace a physiological understanding of injuries, but play a supplementary role and give researchers a more well-rounded understanding of the industry. “There’s a lot more that comes into play than just the biomechanical aspects,” Coleman suggests. Tim Tchida, owner and president of Summit Reforestation & Forest Management Ltd., in Smithers, British Columbia says repetitive motions — planters put in between 1,500 and 3,000 trees per day — creates the natural risk of MSIs. On the other hand, piece work — in which planters are paid for each tree — makes the work competitive and creates a safety paradox. “If we increase the price per tree and ask people to slow down, they wouldn’t,” Tchida suggests, noting that people are driven to produce as much as possible. Reducing operation time, however, would increase the unit costs per tree. This year, the company has moved to a three-days-on, one-day-off schedule. “Ergonomic injury management is a primary concern,” Tchida says, noting that he expects to see a 20 per cent reduction in MSIs. Follow us on Twitter @OHSCanada

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Hospital-acquired infections

D-fending Against Infections By Danny Kucharsky

itamin D, which is produced in the human body when skin is exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet rays, does more than just build healthy bones. A study by researchers from East Tennessee State University indicates the sunshine vitamin also has the potential to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). The study, published in the April/June issue of the peerreviewed journal Dermato-Endocrinology, indicates that vitamin D can decrease the probability of infection in hospitals by strengthening the body’s innate defence mechanism, thereby overcoming the antibiotic resistance of many bacteria encountered in hospitals. Types of HAIs include pneumonia, urinary tract infection, sepsis and Clostridium difficile. These findings should be of as much interest to health care workers as they are to patients, says the study’s lead author Dr. Dima Youssef from the department of internal medicine, division of infectious “It is a diseases at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. “We are all humans, risky so whatever applies to a patient also applies to a health care worker.” business Vitamin D plays an important antimicrobial role and works in many ways to prevent working infections, Dr. Youssef says. Apart from increasing the barrier protective function of in a cells, it also acts as an immune-modulator by adjusting the immune system’s ability to pro- hospital.” duce antibodies and decreasing the severity of sepsis. “Whenever a patient becomes sick, they are actually more sick from the reaction of the body toward the infection than the infection itself,” she notes. Vitamin D deficiency may be a key contributor to both acute and chronic ill health, Dr. Youssef suggests. “There is increasing evidence that vitamin D deficiency plays an important role in worsening outcomes and increasing the susceptibility to infections,” she says. In Canada, one in nine hospital patients contract a health care-associated infection — also known as nosocomial infections — resulting in 8,500 to 12,000 deaths each year, notes a 2009 report by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). This makes HAIs the fourth leading cause of death for Canadians after cancer, heart disease and stroke. ELUSIVE NUMBERS However, statistics on HAIs among health care workers are hard to come by and vitamin D as a form of infection control has been little discussed, says Jim Gauthier, president of Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA-Canada) and an infection prevention and control practitioner at Providence Care in Kingston, Ontario.

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Katha Fortier, director of health care at the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union in Windsor, Ontario notes that infection rates among health care workers are difficult to monitor as many do not report infections they may have acquired at work. “Usually when you have an outbreak in a health care facility, there is also a concurrent outbreak in the community, which is how it comes into our facilities,” Gauthier says, making it hard to determine the source of the worker’s infection. Information from the Health and Safety Executive, the United Kingdom’s workplace health and safety regulator, notes that while there is no accurate figures on infections among health care workers, physician reports show infection rates of about 30 per 100,000 nurses, and approximately 100 per 100 000 caregivers in residential homes per year. Most of the infections are diarrhea-related. “It is a risky business working in a hospital, as we’ve seen with outbreaks like SARS,” Fortier says. The optimal vitamin D level should be about 38 nanogram per millilitre (ng/ml), Dr. Youssef says. However, vitamin D concentrations have dipped in the past 20 years as people spend less time outdoors, the study notes. That is reflected in the vitamin D concentration levels of patients admitted to hospitals, of which half register concentrations below 20 ng/ml — making them more susceptible to HAIs. A similar picture exists among health care workers. A study published in the March issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, based on data from more than 10,600 health care workers at Minneapolis-based Allina Health, found that 63 per cent of participants have low vitamin D levels. It also estimated that companies can save US$112 to $370 per employee each year in preventable illnesses and improve productivity by encouraging workers to boost their vitamin D levels. PROTECTIVE STEPS Vicki McKenna, a registered nurse and first vice-president of the Ontario Nurses’ Association in Toronto, says nurses need to be educated on proper protective care to guard against infection. However, “they run into emergency situations sometimes where protecting themselves is the last thing on their mind,” she says, citing a heavy patient load as an example. McKenna, who consumes vitamin D daily, says vitamin intake is a personal choice, depending on one’s nutritional status and the physician’s recommendations. While reinforcing the body’s immune system can help keep infections at bay, adherence to proper occupational hygiene procedures is also paramount, McKenna adds. However, housekeeping and hygiene practices in health care institutions seem to have taken a dent in recent years, which may have hiked the threat of infections, McKenna suggests. Maintaining hygiene in a hospital environment “is not a place to cut corners. It’s not a place to cut staff. And

that’s what’s happened,” she charges. Fortier agrees. “We’re seeing more of a trend to attempt to contract out housecleaning work. We’re also seeing that happen in nursing homes, particularly private ones.” The problem, Fortier says, is ultimately about spreading workers too thin. While there used to be two housekeepers cleaning one floor in a hospital, “now, there may be one housekeeper spread between two floors. Many of these surfaces need to be wiped down more than once a day.” McKenna says patient and staff protection goes hand in hand. However, she notes that ensuring adequate resources are in place to maintain a high standard of occupational hygiene may be challenging in some organizations. While proper cleaning is critical to getting patients through illnesses and protecting staff, “the cleaning process in some hospitals has not been in keeping with the best practices,” she says, citing last year’s C. difficile outbreaks in several hospitals under the Niagara Health System in Ontario as examples. To avoid the risk of infection, Gauthier says hospital workers are taught to sanitize their hands before and after touching a patient or the surrounding environment. “That is to make sure that we’re not taking the patient’s environment with us and potentially put it on ourselves,” he says. Observance of hand hygiene is all the more important, especially after being in contact with hard-to-clean surfaces, such as areas where patients put their belongings. Health care workers are also encouraged to wear a mask and goggles if they run the risk of being sprayed, splashed

or coughed upon, and to don a gown if there is a chance that their clothes could be splashed or soiled. In general, “if there’s a chance of you coming into contact with something wet, icky or sticky, protect yourself,” Gauthier advises. Dr. Youssef says researchers have found that sufficient levels of vitamin D could help reduce the incidence of acute viral respiratory tract infections, including influenza, during fall and winter in temperate zones. That said, more randomized, controlled trials are needed to confirm these effects. While vitamin D can be supplemented to one’s diet, sufficient intake cannot be obtained from food alone. The types of fish that provide a healthy dose of this vitamin in one serving include salmon, swordfish and mackerel (three ounces of salmon equals 794 International Units of vitamin D). Small amounts of the vitamin is also found in egg yolk, beef liver and fortified foods like cereal, milk, orange juice, bread and some yogurt. Toxicity with vitamin D is very rare, Dr. Youssef says, with kidney stones being the main side-effect. While vitamin D may offer some form of protection by strengthening the immune system, proper occupational hygiene and infection control practices will remain the bulwark against HAIs. “Infection control is a standard of care for health care workers against infection, so there’s no way they can go in a patient’s room with MRSA without gowns and gloves,” Dr. Youssef says. Follow us on Twitter @OHSCanada

Danny Kucharsky is a writer in Montreal.

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Eyewashes/Showers

Fountain of Care By Greg Burchell

n any emergency, it is imperative that treatment be administered as quickly as possible. For an emergency involving contact with a corrosive liquid or caustic substance, treatment must be provided immediately. Every second that a hazardous material remains in contact with the skin or eyes can inflict severe damage — burning the skin, nerves and muscle tissue or damaging the optical nerve, potentially causing blindness. In any workplace where the risk of contact with harmful substances is present, employers must provide workers with obstruction-free access to an eyewash station or an emergency shower within a 10-second, or approximately 15-metre walk. The location of an emergency irrigation unit is determined by where the hazard presents itself, says Margo Mee, product manager at Hawes Drinking Faucet Company in Sparks, Nevada. “It’s not so much about how many people you have or where the people are,” “When you Mee says. “If you have a 200,000 square purchase foot facility but your hazard only affects [one area], that’s where your equipment emergency needs to be.” Hazardous materials are present in just about every workplace. The Canadian equipment, Centre for Occupational Health and Safeit is an ty (CCOHS) in Hamilton, Ontario states that these materials include organic perinsurance oxides, flammable and combustible liquids, compressed gases, cryogenic liquids policy.” and corrosive liquids and solids. These substances can be found in restaurants that use dishwashing detergents; warehouses where battery-powered forklifts — with charging stations that can leak potentially explosive battery acid — operate; wood shops that generate wood particles, chips and shavings; swimming facilities that handle chlorine; golf courses that utilize fertilizers and autobody shops where oils are used. “If there’s something that could get on your face, in your eyes or on your body that is harmful to your skin or your eyes, then you need an eyewash or a shower available to rinse that product clean,” Mee says. TYPE MATTERS The nature of hazards in a workplace determine the type of emergency irrigation system needed, says Ryan Pfund, product manager at Bradley Fixtures Corporation in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. “The material safety data sheets (MSDS) for the chemicals present should be reviewed, as this will also provide information on the proper means to rinse the hazard,” Pfund advises.

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The options available for flushing a dangerous substance include portable, handheld bottles of fluid solution; face and eyewash stations; emergency shower units; and the lesscommon full-body immersion tubs. Marie-Louise Stenhammar, brand manager for Cederroth in Upplands Väsby, Sweden, says small bottles can be taken by workers to different work locations throughout the day. While these bottles of portable flushes do not provide the required 15-minute flush, they can be used as a stop-gap measure while exposed workers make their way to an emergency fixture. “When you get something corrosive in the eye, especially alkalis, it starts to corrode the eye. If you wait for maybe one minute, the damage has already begun,” Stenhammar says. The bottled saline mixture is buffered so that if small amounts of alkaline get into the mixture, the liquid will retain the same pH balance as tears. This makes it more comfortable for the eyes during a rinse, she adds. Eyewash stations and showers come in a variety of applications, sizes and price points, notes Kelly Piotti, senior product manager with Honeywell Safety Products in Smithfield, Rhode Island. “It really all goes down to how much you are willing to spend; how often are you willing to maintain your station,” Piotti says. “Portable stations need a visual maintenance once a month to ensure it has not been tampered with, but if you use a tank style, you have a four- to six-month cleaning of the station and removal of the water, because you’re using tender loving maintenance

Like many emergency devices, eyewash stations and deluge showers are used infrequently. However, keeping these emergency fixtures in good working condition is vital to ensuring their ability to discharge their protective function when the need arises. The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) in Hamilton, Ontario, recommends designating one person in a work area to inspect and operate an irrigation unit weekly. A record of these inspections should also be kept. Regular inspection includes flushing a unit for several minutes to clear the supply line of sediments and minimize microbial contamination that can build up in ‘still’ or sitting water. Information from the environmental safety division of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia notes that water should flow continuously from both eyepieces. If an eyewash station has protective caps, these caps should pop off automatically when the unit is activated. For eyewash stations that are equipped with filters, clean or replace them as necessary. The irrigation unit should also be kept clean and be able to drain properly.

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potable water and an additive or concentrate to preserve that water,” she adds. Bigger operations, such as in Alberta’s oil sands, may necessitate a custom job, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and take about four weeks from consultation to finished product, notes Michael Bolden, director of marketing and sales at Encon Safety Products Inc. in Houston, Texas. The company has designed custom-manufactured stations in which the units are self-contained and work without potable water or electricity. Air cylinders are mounted on the stations that pump tepid water and the units can operate in extremely low temperatures, Bolden reports. SETTING THE BAR The internationally accepted guidelines for emergency eyewash stations and showers, set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard Z358.1, establishes the minimum requirements for the performance, installation, use and testing of emergency fixtures. For example, eyes must be rinsed for a full 15 minutes after an incident, emergency showers must be tested weekly, water temperatures must be kept between 15 C and 37 C and the water pressure should have a minimum flow of 75 litres per minute at 30 pounds per square inch. “When you purchase emergency equipment, it is an insurance policy,” Mee says, comparing irrigation fixtures to car or home insurance. “You buy this stuff and you hope you never need to use it, but you do need to make sure it is in good working order in case somebody does.” While the ANSI standards stipulate the minimum requirements that must be met, the provincial occupational health and safety regulator’s role is to give teeth to these standards. Manufacturers, too, have an obligation to go above and beyond the standards. “Just designing to the minimum code is not enough,” says Pfund, adding that a worker’s privacy should be considered when selecting an irrigation station, including the need for barrier-free products to accommodate workers with physical disabilities. Mee advises employers to train new employees on where the irrigation fixtures are located. A safety committee should be tasked with ensuring the units are tested weekly and that all staff is trained on how to use it. “If you get something in your eyes, you need to hold your eyes open,” Mee advises. “Generally, when you go to put something in your eyes like a water stream, it is habit to close your eyes and you don’t want to do that.” The CCOHS notes that emergency facility training should include instructions on the removal of contact lenses, as

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chemicals can become trapped under the lens. The amount of time it takes to get the eyes properly rinsed will increase to the worker’s detriment if he or she is unaware that a lens must be removed prior to irrigation. Bolden notes the ANSI requirements provide too much room for variation, which can hinder the flushing process and exacerbate the discomfort already experienced by an exposed worker. “It’s almost dangerous what the standard says” regarding water temperature, Bolden contends. For example, he cites the ANSI standard allows water temperature to hit as low as 15 C, which is considered too cold even in a normal non-emergency shower. He thinks manufacturers and employers should exercise common sense to minimize the discomfort posed by irrigation showers. For an emergency shower, water that is too cold can lead to hypothermia, considering that a worker needs to be drenched for a sustained period of time. On the other hand, water that is too hot can exacerbate the chemical reaction, Piotti cautions. The degree of pressure is another factor that needs to be considered. Pfund says an afflicted worker who finds the water flow on the eyes, face or body uncomfortable Enclosed showers may opt to halt the flushing (top) afford users process prematurely. An irsome privacy and rigation that does not meet protection from the the minimum 15 minutes elements, while porrequired can result in an table eyewash units improper flush, allowing — in bottle or easythe caustic chemical to conto-install cartridge tinue to do damage. — (bottom two) can be used enroute to a permanent station that provides a full 15-minute flush.

JUST NICE Controlling the temperature of water from an emergency shower or eyewash nozzles is one of manufacturers’ top priorities. Apart from the comfort factor, irrigation units need to be designed and set up to eliminate the risk of balanced solutions separating should they reach freezing point — not to mention the possible failure of a unit if the water freezes, Piotti cautions. “Because of the extreme temperatures that you will face — for example, we do a lot of work in northern Alberta with the oil sands and there you have extreme temperatures on the low side — our products there are designed to protect workers down to -40 C. We provide tepid water even in those extremes,” Bolden says. For countries with a hot and arid climate, such as Saudi Arabia where temperatures can go beyond 38 C, appropriate adjustments need to be made. Bolden says Encon, which has done custom work there among other places, offers irrigation stations designed to cool the water down to 4.4 C below the ambient temperature outside.

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For companies that operate in places with warm summer months but do not need a cooled station, Piotti recommends a portable unit that can be moved out of direct sunlight. Providing a reflective cover can help prevent the sun’s heat from raising the temperature of the station and the water inside. However, Piotti points out that irrigation units that offer heating or cooling options can be prohibitively expensive. A heated irrigation station typically costs between $3,000 and $4,000, she notes. Another option available for use in colder environments is heat-trace emergency showers. This type of shower is designed for cold weather applications, providing protection from freezing by having a tape wound around the piping to heat them up electrically and having an insulation placed over the top to keep it warm, Bolden explains. In facilities where tepid water is needed for emergency showers or eyewash stations located throughout a premise — such as an outdoor environment or in a remote location — Mee reports the entire system can be looped together such that one main heating element is used for all irrigation units. Booster pumps or recirculation pumps can also be employed to get tepid water to those locations, she adds. Encon has set a target temperature for its shower units by using the temperature range that most people take their daily, non-emergency showers — which hovers between 27 C to 37 C — as a guide. “We’ve determined through a lot of study over the years, almost 50 years of study with the University of Texas and the University of Houston and our own testing as well, that the nominal rate is somewhere between 85 F and 87 F (about 30 C),” Bolden says. “In the industry, that is pretty well accepted.” NEW OLD While eyewash stations and emergency showers are essentially based on the concept of using liquid to rinse an affected area, the design and technology of many of these units have evolved and improved through the years to enhance effectiveness and make them more comfortable for use. One of the changes was to reverse the way water ejects from an eyewash station at a user’s face. While old stations used to provide a flood of water that rinses from the ear to the nose, “you don’t want any of that chemical to go down into your nasal cavity,” Mee cautions, as the chemical could then go down the throat and into the lungs. It can also heighten the risk of contaminating the other eye, she adds. The flow patterns of water have also been modified to provide a more thorough rinse, flushing out more of the damaging substances faster. Pfund says Bradley’s Halo product line of face-wash stations can rinse 85 per cent of the face, while its Halo and Spintec showers have self-draining features, pre-

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venting stagnant water from building up. Along with attempts to make irrigation units more user friendly and lighter — Honeywell’s portable stations weigh upwards of 45 kilograms, with gravity-fed stations holding about 30 to 40 kgs of liquid — one of the significant technological advancements is the addition of radio-frequency identification to two of Honeywell’s stations. This feature enables an irrigation station to alert users of the liquid’s imminent expiry date through email, text message or by highlighting an entry in the company’s safety products database, Piotti says. This helps to avoid the situation in which the water or solution expires without workers’ knowledge. “Over time, we’ve gone from a very manual, rubbercover over nozzles to a sterilized nozzle that is sealed in production,” Piotti says. “Customers don’t have to touch it, they just install it with a cartridge. We’ve gone from filling it with tap water to installing a cartridge,” she adds. Tepid water can be delivered to eyewash and shower flushing stations through various means. The most common method is by installing thermostatic mixing valves or water tempering valves. These valves Emergency showers (top) offer a blend hot and cold water full-body rinse; gravity-fed eyeto provide a comfortable wash stations (above right) can be flushing fluid within the mounted on a wall, while portable temperature range as stations (left) provide mobility and defined by ANSI, notes can be moved out of direct sunlight, information from ANSI keeping liquids inside tepid. Eyewash Compliance Guide by Eyewash Direct, an eyewash resource centre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Access to hot water is a necessary component and can be achieved through traditional water heaters, on-demand water heaters (tankless) and re-circulating systems. Mixing valves designed specifically for eyewash-related products include a hot water shut-off to prevent accidental scalding and a cold-water bypass to ensure the continued delivery of flushing fluids should the hot water supply fail, the guide adds. “Many companies have this attitude that failsafe means, [if] for some reason a mixing valve does not perform properly, it should be cut off. We don’t believe that,” Bolden says. He reports that Encon’s failsafe valves are designed to keep the incoming cold water running — not the heated water from the water tank. “If you’re blending 150-degree [Fahrenheit] water in a hot water tank with incoming supply that’s 60 degrees, and blending it to 85 degrees nominal temperature, our systems are designed so that if for some reason the valve fails, it will go to the supply side so that you continue to rinse the chemical from someone’s body,” Bolden says. Follow us on Twitter @OHSCanada

Greg Burchell is assistant editor of health and safety news.

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OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE

Asbestos

Making A Comeback By Jason Contant

he Quebec government’s recent announcement of a $58-million infusion to breathe life into Canada’s beleaguered asbestos industry has drawn outrage from various quarters. On June 29, the provincial government confirmed it would provide the loan, bearing 10 per cent interest, to Mine Jeffrey Inc. to transform the shuttered open-pit mine in Asbestos, Quebec into an underground operation. Coupled with a $25million investment from shareholders, the funding will enable the mine to be productive for at least the next 20 years, says Guy Versailles, a spokesperson for the shareholder group in Montreal. Any Bernard Coulombe, president and CEO of the mining company, said in a statement form of in July that the mine will create 500 jobs and an additional 1,000 indirect jobs. “This is a asbestos, great day for Mine Jeffrey,” Coulombe says. But to many, any economic gains from even at reviving an asbestos mine are more than offset by the health risks that come with the very low carcinogenic material. “We are disappointed concenthat the government has agreed to a loan for the mine,” says Paul Lapierre, vice-president trations, of cancer control and public affairs with the Canadian Cancer Society in Toronto. Linda Reinstein, president and chief exec- can cause utive officer of the Asbestos Disease Awarecancer. ness Organization (ADAO) in Redondo Beach, California, says she is outraged at the government’s latest move to revive the mine. “It’s criminally reprehensible when we think about it,” charges Reinstein. “We know so much about asbestos today and this decision is not only a setback for public health in Canada, but public health around the world,” she adds. Reinstein has an intimate understanding of the pain of losing a loved one to an asbestos-related disease. In 2003, her 63-year-old husband, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma, battled the illness for three years. “He had a rib removed, his left lung, pericardium and his diaphragm were surgically replaced, all for more time with our family,” Reinstein recounts. They also had to deal with the loss of income as he was unable to get back to work. “But the real expense for me is the fact that it shatters the entire family.” NOT TOO LOW When operations at the mine ramp up, export of chrysotile or white asbestos — which Versailles contends does not pose a health risk to workers when handled safely — will begin within a year, producing an estimated 250,000 tons annually, or about 12 per cent of world production.

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Strict precautions are in place to ensure worker safety at the mine, Versailles stresses, noting the level of chrysotile outside the machine used to produce the substance is typically about 0.2 fibres per cubic centimetre — five times less than the one fibre per cubic centimetre stipulated by occupational exposure standards applied in Quebec. Reinstein, however, argues that there is no safe level of exposure. “The asbestos industry’s propaganda and junk science blurs the fact that all six fibre types, including chrysotile, are known human carcinogens. It’s ridiculous to think a little white asbestos toxin is safe. Would a little bit of arsenic be OK in your child’s cereal?” Dr. Yv Bonnier-Viger, president of the Montreal-based Association of Community Health Medical Specialists of Quebec, says any form of asbestos, even at very low concentrations, can cause cancer. That is also the position held by the Canadian Cancer Society and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France. In a March of 2011 conference, which provided an update on scientific evidence relating to asbestos and cancer, Dr. Kurt Straif, head of the IARC monographs section, concluded that “all commercial forms of asbestos fibres are causally associated with an increased risk of mesothelioma and lung cancer.” The World Health Organization reports that more than 100,000 people worldwide die every year from diseases related to occupational exposure to asbestos. CONTENTIOUS MATTER Versailles, however, maintains that the mining process at the mine is safe. When ore is shattered, chrysotile shakes loose from the rock, with rock dust going on one side of a separator and the lighter chrysotile on the other. “You need earmuffs because the noise is deafening, but you can walk in those plants without a mask because the level [of chrysotile] is entirely controlled through air flows,” he argues. After the substance is mined, it is put into sealed bags and placed onto a pallet covered with shrink wrap, before being transferred into a sealed container. The seal is broken only upon arrival at the plant of the country to which it is being shipped, Versailles explains. The bags are then thrown unopened into a machine that mulches the asbestos into the cement and comes out as cement, so it cannot be breathed in. Both Lapierre and Dr. Bonnier-Viger acknowledge that there are very stringent precautions in place to protect workers. “The way it is extracted is very safe for the miners, the progress made in the mine is really protecting the workers there, so there’s no doubt in my mind,” Lapierre says. It is what happens after asbestos has been mined that is concerning. Dr. Bonnier-Viger points out that occupational exposure standards in Quebec apply only to those directly working with the substance, sidestepping the issue of asbestos

fibres being spread into the environment. Exporting the product to developing countries, where regulations surrounding the protection of workers and the environment may be lacking, is another issue. Dr. Bonnier-Viger calls the belief that these countries can safely use the product “criminal cynicism.” yesterday, today While Versailles does not deny the fact that subpar operations do exist in developing countries, the mine will only sell to qualified manufacturers that demonstrate safe practices and are also committed to annual audits. “At some point, people will have to come to terms with the fact that the past is the past and today’s different,” Versailles contends, suggesting the general public’s impression of developing countries is outdated, especially for major users of chrysotile, such as China and India. He claims that hazardous conditions that led to exposures in the past have not existed for the last two decades. “The health statistics at Jeffrey mine, in particular, have been impeccable for the past 30 years.” Baljit Chadha, head of the Montreal-based international trading and marketing firm Balcorp Limited and one of the principals in the shareholder group investing in the mine, says in a statement that chrysotile encapsulated in cement is ideal for roofing panels and pipes, providing low-cost roofs and drinking water for the poorest people. “In the developing world, such products are extremely useful,” Chadha explains, noting the material is better suited to the local climate and less costly than roofing sheets and pipes made of iron or petroleum derivatives. Furthermore, they can be manufactured locally with cement, with only the chrysotile being imported. “We’ve been selling two million tons a year for 50 years and it’s still going on. It’s actually increasing,” Versailles adds. The products are similar to the chrysotile-cement cladding and pipes that were used extensively and can still be found in Canada. They are different from the ‘loose products’ used in the past in industrialized countries, including Canada, where chrysotile was not tightly bound, such as piping insulation or sprayed insulation products, the statement adds. HAUNTING EFFECTS Still, opponents argue that the production and export of asbestos is not safe and the long latency period of asbestosrelated illnesses, ranging from 10 to 50 years, will pose safety hazards down the road. “I think it’s a shame for our government to allow the export of a product that is mishandled at the receiving end,” Lapierre says. “My concern with chrysotile and the industry itself is it’s a new generation of people that are at risk.” Dr. Marc de Perrot, a scientist at Toronto General Hospital, conducts research on malignant pleural mesothelioma. He believes the asbestos exported from the Jeffrey mine will contribute to a major epidemic in developing countries over the next few decades. “The asbestos that is exported from Quebec is not controlled at all. The government just doesn’t have the right information by saying its safe,” he contends. Besides the long latency period, part of the problem, in particular with mesothelioma — a form of cancer that originates from the protective lining that sheaths the internal organs of the body — is the tumour progresses rapidly once it develops, with the individual exhibiting only minimal symp-

toms until it is fairly advanced, Dr. de Perrot says. He notes that he is seeing an increasing number of patients who do not necessarily remember where the exposure occurred. “It’s still a very aggressive tumour with poor outcome,” he says, pointing out that mesothelioma at an early stage can be difficult to detect on a CT scan or chest X-ray. The tumour, by entrapping the lung, creates respiratory failure and can invade the nerves along the ribs, including those that lead to the arms, creating intense pain as it progresses. This process, which typically occurs within a few months, virtually stops the lung from functioning progressively, Dr. de Perrot adds. Shortness of breath and chest pain are the two main symptoms, followed by weight loss and fatigue as the tumour advances. Patients usually live between eight and 15 months from the time of diagnosis, with a median survival period of approximately one year. Dr. Bonnier-Viger, who lost his wife to the cancer, remembers the dramatic weight loss and accelerated aging stemming from the terminal illness that made the energetic 56-year-old look as if she had aged half a century in two years. The debate continues as the resuscitation of Jeffrey mine continues to be a polarizing force, especially in Quebec. “If it was half as dangerous as people say it is, there would not be a living person in a hundred mile radius of that mine,” Versailles says. Lapierre disagrees. “We need to take asbestos seriously, because it does cause cancer and people are dying of cancer.” Follow us on Twitter @OHSCanada

Jason Contant is managing editor of OHS Canada.

Addressing Asbestos The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is calling for a comprehensive strategy to address exposure to asbestos and asbestos-related diseases, says Paul Lapierre, vice-president of cancer control and public affairs with the CCS in Toronto. Among other recommendations, the organization is urging the federal, provincial and territorial governments to do the following: • immediately set a clear timetable for phasing out the use and export of asbestos; • develop a national surveillance system to track health outcomes of people already exposed to asbestos and all asbestos-related diseases in Canada; • create a public registry of buildings that contain asbestos, including buildings on aboriginal lands, privatelyowned buildings and government-owned structures; • provide transition support for affected communities; • add chrysotile asbestos to Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention, a list of pesticides and industrial chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for health or environmental reasons; and, • continue to conduct research on safer substitutes for asbestos. In Canada, exposure to asbestos is highest for people who mine it or work with it in manufacturing. Their families are also at risk of exposure if fibres that have collected on workers’ clothings are brought home. As of 2011, more than 55 countries have banned the use of all forms of asbestos, notes information from the CCS.

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ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Combine hazards

Harvesting Safety SEASON OF COLOUR: Fall — a season when maple leaves turn feisty red and vibrant yellow — is also the time of the year when many farmers across Canada work round the clock harvesting crops and combine harvesters go into overdrive cutting, threshing and cleaning grains all with one mighty machine. Working under time constraints with large, heavy machinery involving rotating blades, wheels, sieves and elevators can create hazardous conditions that put farm workers at risk.

TAKING A TOLL: Each year, there are about 100 fatalities and 1,500 injuries on Canadian farms. Unsafe use of equipment is one of the most common causes of injury and death amongst farmers, accounting for some 70 per cent of all fatalities involving agricultural machines, notes information from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) in Hamilton, Ontario. Taking preventive measures and conducting routine safety inspections are crucial to protect both employees and family members, who are often involved in farm work.

new meets old: The invention of the combine harvester revolutionized what used to be a laborious and time-consuming way of harvesting crops. As its name suggests, the combine harvester streamlined harvesting processes by combining what used to be three separate operations of reaping, binding and threshing. However, the sophistication of the machinery also heralds new dangers. An information sheet from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the United Kingdom cites the following hazards surrounding combine harvesters: • getting caught in the levelling or discharge augers in the grain tank; • falling from the combine, especially during pre- or post-season cleaning; • contacting overhead power lines; • being run over; • contacting the knife, reel or stripper rotor and straw chopper or spreader; • being trapped under the header or injured by the header falling from its transport trailer; and, • being injured by the drive mechanisms or getting trapped when automatic sensors are activated. MACHINE SAFETY: Carelessness and unsafe use of agricultural equipment can result in severe injuries, unnecessary downtime and costly machine repair. For smaller scale, family-owned farms, the impact of an injury or fatality can be devastating. Paving the road to ensure the safe operation of a combine harvester should begin several weeks before harvesting commences, notes a fact sheet from Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Pre-harvest preparations should include the following steps: • secure the required replacement parts and prepare the combine for operation; • review the operator’s manual to help refresh the memory of, or familiarize oneself with, the correct operating procedures and safety precautions; • clean the combine to remove any field trash, rodent nests and oil or grease build-up to improve combine efficiency; • check for loose or missing nuts, screws, shields and sheet metal. Missing shields should be promptly replaced to prevent accidental contact with the components they are designed to guard; and, • inspect all belts, chains and other drive components. Look for evidence of wear (such as frayed belts, worn or loose chains and sprockets or sloppy bearings) and replace worn out components.

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PREPPING THE GROUND: The ground on which a combine harvester operates deserves due attention. Field preparation for safe and efficient harvesting begins during tillage and planting, as it is the easiest time to locate potential hazards like stumps or large stones, notes information from OSU. These hazards should be removed whenever possible, or marked out with a flag to avoid them coming into contact with the cutter bar or wheel of a combine. Beware of ditches, as the weight of a combine near a ditch or bank edges can cause the soil underneath to give way, hiking the risk of the machinery overturning. A good rule of thumb is to stay as far away from the edge of a ditch or bank as it is deep. Good weed control is also key, as weed infestations in crops can result in machine blockages and weeds wrapping around rotating drives during harvesting. These problems increase operator fatigue, which can lead to careless operation, like dismounting to unplug the combine without first shutting off the power, OSU information adds. As proof of this point, cornpickers are usually involved in the most severe corn harvesting incidents due to their easily-clogged gathering mechanisms, notes a fact sheet from Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania.

HUMAN FACTOR: Maintaining the operational efficiency of a combine harvester is important, but so too is a pre-operational safety check on the operator. Information from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon cites the following human factors that increase the likelihood of incidents, including machinery entanglements: • r ushing; • f atigue; • f rustration; • h unger or thirst, as low blood sugar and dehydration affect the brain first and foremost; • b ecoming cold or overheated (too high or too low a body temperature affects muscle coordination, reaction time and thinking); • u se of alcohol or medications that impair judgement, balance and co-ordination; • t emporary physical illness or chronic disease, which may affect perception, balance and coordination; and, • c omplacency.

DON’TS: Different types of combines — for example, a rotary or stripper header — may have particular features that need to be considered when assessing the risks and determining appropriate precautions. The HSE recommends avoiding the following actions when operating a combine harvester: • climbing or reaching into the grain tank (unless the engine and all augers are stopped and the ignition key has been removed); • climbing around areas of a combine (unless a purpose-designed access, such as steps and a standing area, is available); • carrying passengers on a combine (unless they are seated in a proprietary passenger seat); • jumping on or off a combine when it is moving; • carrying out maintenance or trying to adjust automatic sensors with the engine running; • running a combine with the guards raised or removed; • allowing children on or near the combine; and, • braking abruptly, especially on slopes.

COMFORT ZONE: Any machinery that helps to accomplish complex, menial tasks must also be comfortable to operate. Discomfort is not only distracting, but contributes to fatigue — a common cause of accidents. Before operating the combine, the seat and the steering column should be adjusted accordingly to ensure that controls are within easy reach. The wheels that steer self-propelled combines are rear-mounted, just the opposite of tractors. Steering requires practice, since rear-steering causes the back-end of the combine to swing around rapidly. The operator must stay alert to avoid hitting fences, posts, trees or other obstructions, even when the header has plenty of turning room, OSU information adds.

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TEST By jason contant Few occupational health and safety topics spark as much debate as random testing. Concerns were ignited in late June after representatives from Alberta’s energy and construction industries announced their participation in a two-year initiative to evaluate and report on the effectiveness of comprehensive drug and alcohol programs, including random testing. Proponents argue the end — safety gains and deterrence — justify the means. Critics, however, contend there is little evidence to suggest that testing — which encroaches on privacy and human rights — improves safety.

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TESTING WATERS The Drug and Alcohol Risk Reduction Pilot Project (DARRPP), led by a multi-stakeholder working group that includes major oil sands industry employers and unions, was announced on June 20. It is tasked with establishing best practices for random alcohol and drug testing for safety-sensitive worksites and developing guidelines for processes, such as case management, assessment and follow-up. Participating employers — which include Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Suncor Energy, Inc. and Total E&P Canada — will join hands with a number of safety associations and unions to introduce and monitor random testing programs, and share statistics related to their implementation, a statement from DARRPP notes. Participants were expected to put testing systems and processes in place from summer through early fall, while pilot testing programs are expected to be implemented between the end of this year and early 2013. Based on the pilot’s results, the findings will be used to recommend a useful industry policy framework to the participating companies, the government and other stakeholders in 2014. “It is a safety initiative. What they are trying to do is identify risks before they happen and to minimize the safety issues and the number of people testing positive at work,” says DARRPP administrator Pat Atkins in Edmonton. While Atkins acknowledges that there is no consistent method of gathering numbers on random testing in Canada, data from south of the border shows random drug and alcohol testing programs have had a positive impact on workplace and public safety. Statistics compiled by DriverCheck Inc., the largest provider of random testing services in Canada, show positive test rates among drivers in the country’s trucking industry dropped by 80 per cent as a result of a random testing program implemented over a 14-year period, involving more than 237,000 tests. Between 1996 — when transborder carriers and drivers were required to comply with mandatory drug and alcohol testing programs administered by the United States Department of Transportation — and 2010, the positive rate fell from nearly 2.5 per cent to less than 0.5 per cent. “These statistics demonstrate the importance, value and benefits of introducing proactive, professionally designed and managed occupational health and safety programs into the workplace,” Dr. Barry Kurtzer, an occupational physician and medical director at DriverCheck in Ayr, Ontario said in a statement in June. promising numbers In the oil sands, many companies that conduct pre-employment testing have reported reductions of up to 15 per cent. Research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2009 also found that mandatory alcohol testing programs have been associated with a 23 per cent reduced risk of alcohol involvement in fatal crashes by motor carrier drivers, the

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DriverCheck statement adds. However, Bob Barnetson, assistant professor of labour relations at Athabasca University in Athabasca, Alberta, thinks there is little evidence to indicate that testing reduces injury rates. “Drug testing may indirectly improve safety by reducing overall drug use among workers who fear workplace repercussions,” he says. However, he adds that he expects the overall effect on safety to be marginal “and that makes it hard to justify this intrusion into workers’ privacy.” One subtle effect of the DARRPP initiative, Barnetson suggests, is that it places the responsibility for workplace injuries on workers, while obscuring how employer decisions can influence drug use behaviour. “Would drug use be so widespread in the oil and gas industry if workers weren’t forced to

do it Right A fitness-for-duty policy should be created by policy experts or lawyers who have the required knowledge of random drug and alcohol testing, Dr. Barry Kurtzer, an occupational physician and medical director at DriverCheck in Ayr, Ontario said in a statement in June. Among other things, the policy should address the following: • provide training to employees on the proper use of medication; • ensure that supervisors are trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of misuse and abuse; • include a provision for reasonable cause testing to determine whether or not someone may be under the influence, or experiencing mid- or long-term consequences from such use; • identify who needs assistance and how successful all the steps have been; and, • develop a return-to-duty strategy that satisfies accommodation requirements. “Employers who are misinformed, do not educate their supervisors [and] do not seek or adhere to proper process can make a number of missteps,” cautions Dan Demers, operations manager of occupational health with CannAmm Occupational Testing Services in North Bay, Ontario. These missteps include the following: • not having risk reduction as their first priority; • testing based on a written policy or practice that terminates an employee based on a positive test for any reason without having a qualified substance abuse professional evaluate the underlying issue; • introducing random testing as a first step to mitigate the risk of drugs and alcohol use on the job; • selecting random tests without using an unbiased selection method; and, • relying too heavily on random testing and not using trained supervisors to determine reasonable cause for testing when there are signs and symptoms of drug or alcohol use on the job.

Besides short-term effects, impairment can also cause mid- and long-term consequences.

spend two or three or four weeks working 11-hour shifts in isolated work camps?” he questions. There is also the concern that testing programs may further diminish the available labour pool by compelling some workers to gravitate towards non-testing employers. “People [who] are drug addicts aren’t going to be scared into not doing drugs at work because of random testing,” says Dave Coles, president of Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada in Ottawa. “You’ll chase them out of one employer into another because the employers have agreed to not create a blacklist,” he contends. Addressing the problem of addiction is only one of many pieces in a puzzle when it comes to ensuring fitness-for-duty in a workplace. A worker who has been tested positive should be assessed by a substance abuse professional, who will determine if the worker’s use of substance or alcohol is an addiction or a lifestyle issue, Dr. Kurtzer advises. The worker can undergo an education program on drugs

and alcohol or seek treatment if they are addicted, and participate in a follow-up testing program. In the United States Department of Transportation, provisions are built into the system recommending at least six follow-up tests within the first 12 months back on the job as the first year following treatment typically has the highest risk of a relapse, Dr. Kurtzer reports. “If you allow for employees to address their lifestyle and health issues related to the use, misuse or abuse of drugs and alcohol so that they could come back into the workplace, then that has been looked upon favourably in many circumstances as a form of accommodation that would satisfy the issues raised under the human rights commissions’ various codes across the country,” Dr. Kurtzer says. Barbara Butler, president of Toronto-based Barbara Butler & Associates Inc., a consultancy firm which specializes in workplace alcohol and drug programs, notes that a well-defined policy needs to be developed and supervisors properly trained prior to a program being put into place. “People can’t just jump to testing as a quick solution to solving the prob-

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lems,” she says. “Under human rights law, there is a duty to accommodate somebody who has a dependency and so you need to have sorted out in advance exactly what process you will follow to accommodate that individual.” watchful eye While random testing may have workplace safety in mind, it cannot be justified under all circumstances, as several human rights decisions have found. A DARRPP statement notes the Alberta Human Rights Commission has indicated “it is not the testing that triggers the protection of human rights law. It is the treatment by the employer of employees who are dependent on drugs or alcohol.” Dan Demers, operations manager of occupational health with CannAmm Occupational Testing Services in North Bay, Ontario says employers performing workplace drug and alcohol testing in Canada need to meet the following standard program requirements: • Establishing an occupation as safety-sensitive, thereby legitimizing testing as a bona fide occupational requirement; • Ensuring the written policy that guides all testing applications does not discriminate, as per Canadian human rights legislation; • Providing professional training to supervisory staff responsible for policy application; and, • Ensuring that all testing produces fair and reliable results. “Employers who are introducing programs are trying to protect their workforce,” Demers says, noting that these programs are often built with a high degree of integrity, with accommodation and return-to-work being the standard practice. “They are not on a witch-hunt and they want to keep their people, but remove the effects of drugs and alcohol from the job,” he adds. Dr. Kurtzer says he thinks that testing programs improve workplace safety by identifying and addressing risks before major incidents occur. They can also deter the misuse or abuse of drugs and alcohol and, where applicable, offer the opportunity for those who have tested positive to take certain corrective actions needed to regain their medical qualification and perform safety-sensitive work.

“A verified positive test is an indicator of risk that must be managed.”

PAST OR PRESENT Understanding the link between risk and impairment with regards to alcohol and drug testing is key. Barnetson argues that “drug testing identifies the presence of substances that indicate past drug use, rather than measuring an individual’s level of impairment.” Demers, on the other hand, stresses the purpose of testing is to detect the presence of impairing substances in the

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system at a threshold that poses an unacceptable safety risk, rather than the degree of impairment at the time of testing. “At some point, someone thought the argument of recentness of usage had relevance to whether a positive test is actually a risk,” he says. However, “police officers working the RIDE program do not consider explanations for blowing over the limit, such as you drank at home on your own time, that it’s your right to choose to drink or it was hours since your last drink,” he cites by way of example. Besides short-term effects, impairment can also cause mid- and long-term consequences. An impaired person exhibiting symptoms, such as slurred speech and an unstable gait, could also be suffering from hangover or chronic effects. “People who have used drugs and alcohol for long periods of time to excess may have long-term concentration problems, neurological problems, slow reaction-time problems,” Dr. Kurtzer says. “To say that we should only be focusing on immediate impairment, immediate intoxication issues, from a medical perspective, it’s hard for us as physicians to grasp that concept.” While alcohol tests are primarily conducted by a breathalyzer, occupational drug tests often involve collecting urine or oral fluid samples. In order to test positive at the laboratory level, the concentration of the drug metabolite must be at or above a cut-off level set by the United States Department of Health & Human Services, Demers says. The test levels are never set at zero, as passive or unintentional exposure may occur and not pose a risk to safety. “They are all set at a point that is very much in favour of providing the benefit of the doubt to the employee,” he says. “A verified positive test is an indicator of risk that must be managed.” However, there is a trade-off. Cut-off levels have to be established at a point where windows of detection of use are shortened, possibly missing those who used the substance days ago or on a chronic basis. For an employer to take action on a test result, it needs to be reliable — meaning the test must be forensic or legally defensible. And establishing legal defensibility is no small task. “In the United States, where drug testing is federally regulated, there are over 140 pages of procedures to ensure that a result is defensible,” Demers says. With regards to oral fluid testing, if an employee tests positive for Tetrahydrocannabinol — the principal psychoactive constituent of the cannabis plant — where the positive test confirmation level is set at 10 nanograms per millilitre, the individual is considered to have likely used marijuana within the four-hour time period prior to the test. The testing process also takes into account valid prescrip-

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tion medications. Prior to a laboratory test result being released to a designated employer representative, all positive test results allow for verification of any valid prescriptions to determine if use may pose a job safety risk. “This ensures the utmost confidentiality around prescription details and addresses the risks even valid prescriptions pose in safety-sensitive environments,” Demers suggests. EMERGING TREND The oil and gas sector is no front-runner in implementing random testing. In October of 2011, the Toronto Transit Commission approved the development of a random drug testing policy and an implementation program. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has also proposed a fitness-for-duty policy that would subject employees with unescorted access to protected areas of a nuclear plant to random drug and alcohol testing. Aurèle Gervais, a spokesperson for CNSC in Ottawa, says a simple process is used to determine which positions are safety-sensitive. Firstly, an analysis of safety critical task elements is compared against safety-sensitive positions as defined in the company’s policy. While there may be slight variations in what constitutes a safety-sensitive position, these are typically defined as jobs in which incapacity arising from drug or alcohol impairment could result in direct and significant risk of injury to an employee, the public, company property or the environment. Once an employer has a standard testing program in place, the progression to a random testing program is relatively seamless. “There simply needs to be a documented and verifiable reason to increase the scope of the program, policy update including sufficient notice to staff, the use of an objective section mechanism to ensure fairness and review against the safety objectives annually,” Demers advises. Another challenge facing employers and testing service providers is determining which drugs to test for. Some testing manufacturers already provide field testing kits for designer drugs, such as synthetic marijuana and “bath salts,” a powdered drug that contains at least one amphetamine-type substance. Also available are 12-panel tests that include substances like oxycodone, methadone and benzodiazepines. Consider synthetic marijuana, comprising several different chemical compounds that can be easily modified. “There are 400 to 450 synthetic cannabinoid chemicals and the laboratories have to create standards for each and every one of them,” Dr. Kurtzer says. He adds that it took a few years to create reliable, accurate, reproducible and legally defensible standards before ecstasy could be added to the testing program. Despite stringent testing protocols and safeguards, concerns remain and legal challenges abound. In December, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear a case to determine if proof of a problem is required before random alcohol testing can be conducted, Butler reports. The hearing stems from a grievance filed by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union after a worker at Irving Pulp and Paper mill in Saint John, New Brunswick tested negative for alcohol con-

The Toronto Transit Commission’s fitness-for-duty policy, which came into effect in 2010, allows for alcohol and drug testing of employees in safety-sensitive positions, those who assume specified management responsibilities and designated executives. The circumstances under which a test can be performed include pre-employment/ certification, reasonable cause, post-incident, post-violation and post-treatment, says transit authority spokesperson Brad Ross in Toronto. On April 10, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has also released a discussion paper proposing the implementation of a random drug and alcohol testing policy in nuclear facilities. In the paper, the nuclear commission is calling for the entire protected area of nuclear facilities — delineated by barriers and controlled gates — to be declared a safety-sensitive site. Employees with unescorted access to the facility, which include fuel handling operators, emergency response team members, mechanical maintainers and certified operators, would be subject to the applicable required testing, commission spokesperson Aurèle Gervais says from Ottawa. Stakeholders have until August 31 to provide their comments.

sumption. A labour arbitration board sided with the union, noting the testing program could not be justified in a workplace with no demonstrated problem with intoxication. DIFFERING VOICES In the meantime, Atkins says she has received positive feedback on the DARRPP project. She reports that workers in northern Alberta, who understand the work environment and its associated safety concerns, are generally receptive to random testing. “Everybody has their opinions about this sort of thing, but there is a fairness aspect to random testing that some people really like,” Atkins suggests, pointing out that one employee has as much chance of being selected for testing as another. Union representative Dave Coles disagrees. “Drugs and addiction is as bad in Toronto as in Vancouver, Calgary [and] Edmonton as they are anywhere else,” Cole charges. “We need to attack it as a social problem, not as a worker problem in northern Alberta.” For Dr. Kurtzer, random tests are no different from blood pressure, blood sugar or vision tests. “It’s funny that such furor would be created about such testing when many of these employees are probably already subjected to mandatory regulatory tests,” he says, citing cases where employees have even expressed appreciation towards the testing program as an avenue to address their addiction. Demers also weighs in on the issue. “Fundamentally, what argument is there against an employer implementing a program that legitimately addresses a known hazard when the program addresses the hazard with integrity, the right intentions, a valid means to execute, where no one has to lose their job to provide a safer workplace?” Follow us on Twitter @OHSCanada

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By Ann Ruppenstein While working at a vineyard in California many years ago, Sandra Oldfield witnessed a co-worker’s leg being amputated on the winery’s crush pad. But that was not the only workplace incident that seared Oldfield’s memory. “Up here in British Columbia, we experienced the death of a couple [of] winemakers back in 2002 in a winery accident with confined space,” recalls Oldfield, president and CEO of Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in the southern Okanagan Valley. The incident took place in that year on November 10, when the owner of the winery near Oliver, British Columbia, collapsed while taking a sample from a large fermentation tank. Another winemaker entered the tank in an effort to rescue him. Both men died of asphyxiation, notes information from WorkSafeBC in Richmond, British Columbia. “I think that’s what kind of led me to realize although we live in a province that has pretty good regulations with respect to confined space for mining, there was nothing really in place for the wine industry,” Oldfield says. It was at that moment that she decided to get involved in committees to tackle health and safety issues in wineries. road to safety Since then, Tinhorn Creek Vineyards has implemented several safety policies and programs. In 2010, it became the first small employer in the province to be given a certificate of recognition under the Occupational Safety Standard of Excellence (OSSE) accreditation program, certified through the FIOSA-MIOSA Safety Alliance of BC in Vancouver. The OSSE initiative recognizes and rewards employers who adopt a best practices approach to developing and implementing sustainable oh&s systems that exceed legal requirements. The 18-month long process focused on making all aspects of the business, including the vineyard, hospitality, winery, production and the offices, safer for employees. Oldfield is also a signatory of the BC Health and Safety Leadership Charter, a document that marks the commitment of the province’s industry and organizational leaders to create a culture and adopt practices that value workplace health and safety. FIOSA-MIOSA, a not-for-profit safety association for the

food and beverage processing and manufacturing industry, is building the charter, which aims to have 150 signatories by 2015. More than 20 CEOs and senior executives have already signed the charter since October of 2011. A three-year action plan has also been developed. “Without a doubt, the single most important key to an effective safety culture is the CEO,” says the alliance’s CEO Lisa McGuire. “Once the CEO decides to make health and safety a top priority, management and staff will follow.” While it is important for the top echelon to take the lead, buy-in on health and safety initiatives by staff from the rank and file is also crucial. “When oh&s initiatives are integrated in every aspect of the business, it becomes the way things are done around here and influences human behavior,” McGuire adds. The charter also provides a platform for signatories to reach out to other senior executives and share information through initiatives like breakfast mentoring sessions. “This cross-pollination of information among CEOs introduc-

es new oh&s methods that continue to shape the safety culture within the organization,” McGuire suggests, noting that many senior executives become strong advocates after they see the rewards resulting from a safety culture. These include increases in productivity, reductions in absenteeism, improvements in morale and increased profitability, she adds. SOW AND REAP “Upon achieving certification for [the] Occupational Safety Standard of Excellence through FIOSA-MIOSA, productivity rose, absenteeism declined, injury rates dropped and WorkSafeBC insurance premiums were lowered significantly,” said Paul Boileau, director of operations with Soprema in Chilliwack, British Columbia during a breakfast session on May 31. Boileau met with representatives from other manufacturing companies to discuss the charter and the company’s return-on-investments through health and safety initiatives. Since FIOSA-MIOSA was established by the food and beverage processing industry in 2007, injury rates in the sector dropped from 8 per cent in 2008 to 4.9 per cent in 2010. From a business perspective, Oldfield regards employees as a valuable resource and implementing a stronger safety culture has generated measurable benefits. She says her company has been monitoring health and safety benefits for about a year and a half. “I don’t have a big base of comparing it to before, but for sure our rates have come down pretty well in the last two years” since implementing a safety program, she reports. McGuire is of the view that a joint health and safety committee is key to making the safety commitment in an organization a sustained effort. “Safety needs to be integrated within the business process and become as normal and permanent a fixture in the day-to-day functioning of a business as finance, sales, security and any of the normal activities we have grown used to,” she suggests. Oldfield agrees. The establishment of a health and safety committee in her winery, even though not a requirement given its size, provided an anchor to the safety process. Before that, it was hard to get communication flowing. “It was actually our health and safety program that allowed us to come into a room once a month and discuss what’s going on in all the various areas,” she says, adding that her staff conducts a monthly workplace inspection before attending safety meetings. “It gets you walking around your area with a critical eye,” says Oldfield.

Lee Loftus, business manager of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Union Local 118 in Vancouver, agrees that such committees are important to the success of any safety program. He thinks the fact that British Columbia’s regulations do not require workplaces with less than 20 employees to have a formal committee undermines the intent of oh&s regulations. “Workers use committees and their members as their voice concerning safe production in the workplace beyond their first line supervisors,” he opines. Workers and unions often have a good understanding of the situation on the ground and the problems influencing health and safety, Loftus suggests. “If you can include workers and unions as a legitimate stakeholder in the development, education and implementation of workplace programs, then I believe you can achieve the objectives,” he adds. behind closed doors Dr. Steven Simon, PhD, president of Culture Change Consultants Inc. in Larchmont, New York, defines safety culture as employee behavior when unsupervised. “Culture is the set of basic assumptions and beliefs that have been passed down that drive individual behavior, so if you have a member of management, a supervisor, a team leader around, you have one set of behaviours,” he says. “But the real culture is what happens when no one’s watching.” Changing safety culture is by no means a quick fix, but requires long-term vision. “There is really no good science that says safety culture can be changed within a year or two. Most of the work suggests it takes five years,” says Dr. Benjamin Amick, an associate scientific director and senior scientist for the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) in Toronto. Dr. Simon puts that number between five and seven years. “People confuse safety performance results with changing a culture,” he suggests. “You can improve your numbers through a safety culture initiative, but one of the good measures about whether a safety culture has really changed is, if the current crop of leaders leave, do you have new behaviour or does everyone just revert to the old behaviour?” To produce lasting change, developing a partnership with people at all levels is key. Some companies, however, approach safety culture as another program to follow, rather than a journey. The expectation of immediate, concrete results — such as reduced injuries — rather than effecting a behavioural change that will make the results sustainable is

Safety First Staying safe at work is more than just having a set of prescribed procedures that workers are required to follow. It is also influenced by workers’ values, attitude and safetyconsciousness that, in turn, shape their behaviour and determine their commitment to a company’s oh&s policy. Some of the signs that suggest a poor workplace safety culture include the following: • widespread, routine procedural violations; • failures to comply with oh&s systems; and, • decisions that put production or cost above safety.

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While it takes a considerable amount of time to build a safety culture, erosion can occur quickly. The following are ways in which a safety culture can take a wrong turn: • disciplinary action that is perceived as unfair; • failure to respond to issues raised by the workforce and consult the workforce when decisions are made; • poor business results leading people to believe their job is in danger; and, • high staff turnover, initiative overload and inconsistent decision making.

another obstacle, Dr. Simon adds. And using a reward system that offers incentives to mark milestones — such as a certain amount of incident-free work hours — is a double-edged sword. While it can serve as a form of recognition, Dr. Simon says it can also encourage underreporting. Jack Hardy, manager of prevention services for the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board in Saskatoon, cites the perception among some people that “safety nirvana” has been attained with the creation of a safety culture. “Culture will change and shift with leadership and ownership,” Hardy suggests. “It is not a magic wand. It is just another tool in the toolbox.” To better understand how workplace culture can influence health and safety, Loftus is of the mind that one needs to focus on the average workplace, which comprises the bulk of the Canadian economy. “We need to find a way to engage small workplaces and stop focusing on the larger, easier targeted workplaces,” Loftus contends. Safety programs that work for a large firm may not be suited to a smaller company with limited resources, he adds. SAFETY RETURNS Hardy has seen the effects of how safety culture in a workplace not only has a direct influence on claims reduction, but a dip in all types of incidents. “Property and personal injury would be positively affected by that safety culture,” Hardy says. Shawn Friedenberger, a spokesperson for WCB Alberta in Edmonton, cites Alberta’s Partnerships in Injury Reduction (PIR) program as an example of how a good safety culture can lower claim costs by reducing the incidence and severity of workrelated injuries. “PIR provides employers with an opportunity to save on their premiums through good performance and the results are measurable,” he says. “Compared with other employers, PIR employers have a 31.7 per cent lower loss ratio (claim costs versus premiums paid).” Likewise, a poor safety culture can lead to excessive claims and claim costs, resulting in poor performance surcharges on employer premiums. “Surcharges can climb to 60 per cent of an employer’s premium,” Friedenberger adds. Creating a safety culture, however, can be challenging in sectors with a transitory workforce. Dr. Amick lists the restaurant and construction industry, where people are on site for six months or less, as examples. “You can’t really build culture on temporary workers,” he notes. Effecting a culture change can also be an uphill task in industries with a long history and where there is cynicism around what has or has not been tried, Hardy suggests. That is something to which Oldfield can likely relate. When implementing safety programs in her winery, “our biggest concern was, how do we convert a mature worker who has worked for us for a while and is probably set in their ways, to somebody who wants to follow our procedures and work more safely?”

In her case, that challenge was addressed by having management lead by example and involving all staff in following safe work procedures. “They may balk about it a bit in the first half of the year or so that we were doing some of these things,” she notes, but once an established system is in place, “they know it’s just part of their job.” A new safety culture has an added benefit of creating a benign cycle that helps to breed the next generation of workers who model after existing behaviour and align themselves with what everybody else does. “It has definitely become part of the culture,” Oldfield says. “I know now that our employees, for example, don’t even give it a thought that they would put on eyewear protection or high visibility vests out in the vineyard.” NEW DIRECTION A firm’s injury rate has traditionally been used to measure and manage its workplace health and safety performance. Injury experience serves as a lagging indicator since these incidents have already occurred. A leading indicator, on the other hand, measures a firm’s ongoing health and safety initiatives and workplace conditions that lead to illness and injuries prior to occurrence. Dr. Amick is the principal investigator of “5,000 Firms Study,” a research project aimed at developing leading indicators to help gauge workplace safety performance and prevent injuries and illnesses. The study, a collaboration among the IWH and several oh&s associations in Ontario, targets to survey 4,500 to 5,000 firms in the province on various organizational measures considered to be important predictors of injury, illness and workers’ compensation claim rates. “The project is really exciting,” he says, noting the data will be linked to Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to help determine if these indicators do predict injuries and illnesses. Researchers are also working to link their findings to data from the provincial labour ministry. Loftus is optimistic that this method could serve as a tool to help workplaces assess how they are performing on the safety front. “I think there is growing evidence that building programs in organizations focused on occupational health and safety are not stand alone programs, but are integrated with operational programs, can lead to both better health [and] better productivity,” Dr. Amick says. “The costs of inaction are becoming enormous for both companies and those in charge. The rewards are undeniable and achievable,” McGuire opines. The anti-smoking campaign in Canada, which has brought about a change in perception toward smoking, could serve as an encouragement. “We have literally created this new culture where it is almost seen as unacceptable to smoke anymore,” Hardy says. “It is going to take that kind of effort in some cases to really kind of get things pushed over the top.”

Safety needs to be integrated within the business process.

Ann Ruppenstein is a writer in Toronto.

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ut even after six deaths on the project in less than a year and a half, when all was said and done, six of the buildings on the project received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certifications — a ranking of environmental sustainability from the United States Green Building Council. It is an endorsement that has confounded health and safety professionals, prompting many to question the meaning of “sustainability.” “Should a building be considered green if multiple injuries, or for that matter, a fatality occurs during its construction, maintenance or use and it can be demonstrated that the injury or fatality was influenced by the absence of recognized safe design and construction methods?” asks an editorial by members of the Washington, D.C.-based National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), published in the journal Industrial Health in July 2010. It went on to note that studies of LEED (which is also available in Canada and overseen by the Canada Green Building Council) buildings have shown more complex design elements that can be more dangerous than traditional, non-green designs. The green movement and occupational health and safety efforts have largely operated in their own spheres; only recently has there been a move to create synergy between the two fields. In the past, greening efforts had largely ignored the concept of worker safety and in some extreme cases, made work more dangerous. Consider the substitution of solvent-based paints by water-based varieties, which include the addition of biocides intended to harm living organisms and require the use of personal protective equipment. “There could be some safety or health hazards that have been created, but not enough information or research is done,”

says Sylvia Boyce, staff representative of the health and safety department with United Steelworkers Canada in Toronto. To researchers like John Gambatese, professor of civil and construction engineering at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, health hazards created by green efforts demonstrate why environmental health and worker health need to be spoken in the same sentence. “In addition to being good stewards of the environment, we need to be good stewards of our people resources too,” says Gambatese, who is also the author of the study Green design and construction: Understanding the effects on construction worker safety and health. Going green ECO Canada, an industry-led human resources organization in Calgary for professionals in the environmental sector, defined the green economy in a 2010 paper as “the aggregate of all activity operating with the primary intention of reducing conventional levels of resource consumption, harmful emissions and minimizing all forms of environmental impact.” A heightened awareness of environmental degradation resulting from industrialization and technological advances has created a push for greater ecological responsibility among corporations and government institutions alike. Across sectors, many industries in Canada have felt the need to modify their work and incorporate some form of “green” technology, materials and practices into their work routines. Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a not-forprofit, government-funded foundation supporting the development of clean technologies, reported that as of December, 2011, it had invested $560 million into more than 200

LEEDING THE WAY In the construction industry, getting a platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating for a building is a benchmark for eco-consciousness. The rating is awarded to buildings that have hit at least 80 of 100 base points in the LEED 2009 rating system, which awards points based on sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources and indoor environmental quality. But when it comes to the safety of LEED buildings versus non-green constructions, researcher John Gambatese, professor of civil and construction engineering at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, found no statistically significant difference in safety between both types of buildings. “If you’re going to create a LEED or sustainable building, there should be a difference, a positive difference, because safety and health is part of sustainability. It’s the social part of sustainability,” he stresses. Gambatese says it is hard to accept a green project that has had a worker injury or fa-

projects in the energy exploration, power generation, energy utilization, transportation, agriculture, forestry and waste management industries. Canada’s two largest provinces, British Columbia and Ontario, are trailblazers in their endeavour to create jobs in the green sector. The government of British Columbia noted in June that its $138-per capita investment in the province’s green economy is the highest in the country, with Ontario being a distant second at just more than $80 per capita. Last year, the Ontario government reported that 20,000 jobs were created in the green energy sector as a result of the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009. The act is intended to promote the growth of renewable energy products, encourage energy conservation and create green jobs. That number is expected to reach 50,000 by the end of this year. Apart from the energy sector, areas like waste management have also seen increases in job growth. In June, a Niagara Falls, Ontario company reported the creation of 30 new jobs by installing new machinery to reduce and recycle waste into phosphoric acid, which can be sold to the fertilizer industry. Out west, a simple act like banning mattresses from landfills in Metro Vancouver created three new recycling companies and 45 new jobs, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada reported in September of 2011. The need for oversight in environmental efforts is also expanding the green job field. Dave Fennell, senior safety advisor at Imperial Oil Resources and an instructor for the University of Alberta’s occupational health and safety program in Edmonton, says that in the last 20 years, Imperial Oil’s environmental staff has almost quadrupled. Fennell recounts that environmental-related jobs were “not very trendy” when he graduated with an environmental

tality being given a high rating in recognition of its green design, considering the toll it has taken on its workers. While there are factors in the LEED requirements that have had a positive impact on worker health — such as the use of non-toxic materials and efforts to use paint that does not emit fumes — he felt a lot more could be done to encourage safe, sustainable work. This led to a second study, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Washington, D.C., which looked at how LEED credits can be redesigned to include the workplace safety aspect without hindering its core focus on sustainability. While the study is under review by NIOSH, Gambatese says he has been in communication with the U.S. Green Building Council, which oversees the LEED program. “They’re currently going through the review process for the next version of the rating system,” he says.

degree in 1979. “But today, we can’t get enough environmental people.” While the growth of green jobs are positive developments from an economic perspective, what are the repercussions on worker safety? Do these jobs create new hazards that differ from similar jobs in the non-green sector? What are the preventive measures needed to mitigate these risks and the training required to ensure workers are aware of these dangers? WHAT IS GREEN? Health and safety representatives in Canada, the United States and across the world are demanding that before any job is considered part of the green economy, it must be safe for both the environment and workers alike. This is the crux of the Green Jobs Initiative, a program started by the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization of Employers and the International Trade Union Confederation. The initiative states that protection of the environment and worker well-being are intrinsically linked. In other words, it is not enough to keep worker safety at status quo — green jobs must also enhance human well-being. “You can’t have a healthy planet if the people are sick from toxic chemicals that keep the planet green,” says John Bennett, executive director of Sierra Club Canada in Ottawa. “Green jobs must be safe and healthy jobs,” Boyce says. “It’s important to make health and safety a focus during the planning and engineering stages, versus trying to think about it after a facility is constructed or machinery and materials are modified.” NIOSH’s Prevention through Design initiative attempts to do just that by pushing employers down south to address workplace safety issues in the design process and prevent

Green jobs must be safe and healthy jobs.

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or minimize work-related hazards during the construction, manufacture, use, maintenance and disposal of facilities, materials and equipment. Gambatese cites an example to illustrate the depth of consideration that needs to go into green designs and safety planning. The glare from the white, reflective roofing used for some green buildings poses a visual hazard to workers, especially in summer. “It’s very bright up there and you have to wear special sunglasses to keep your eyes protected,” he says. Another green design that can increase the risk of hazard to workers is the installation of more windows to enhance natural lighting. While the dangers associated with installing windows are the same regardless of whether or not a building is green, increasing the number of windows hikes the potential for falls during installation and facility maintenance, Gambatese contends. And this is where design can be leveraged to make a site safer. Gambatese points to parapets that are built tall enough can serve as a guardrail, so that workers and maintenance staff do not have to rely on temporary restraints while working on a roof. To better reflect the symbolic relationship between design and safety, Gambatese has developed a 50-point rating system similar to LEED, which focuses on the challenges a build-

green & safe At the 2009 Making Green Jobs Safe Workshop, hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Washington, D.C., representatives from workplace safety and environmental communities gathered to discuss and develop a framework on how to best ensure green jobs are safe jobs, and demonstrate that oh&s and environmental protection are both overlapping, achievable goals. Attendees recommended seven themes to make workplace safety an integral part of the green economy: • Leverage on the purchasing power that government and industry already have, • Integrate oh&s data collection and monitoring into codes and standards of practice that already have wide support, so that improved safety and health protections become standard practice; • Improve the data collection process to identify and understand safety and health risks and use that data to promote oh&s investment more effectively; • Create better methods and workplace safety standard references that can be used by safety professionals to better protect workers; • Invest more time and resources to train exposed populations and increase awareness of those who are exposed to controllable risks; • Fix broken regulations or address gaps in safety and health coverage mandates; and, • Conduct research to create new motivators that will inspire owners, employers and workers to make safety at work a priority.

ing’s design presents to worker health and safety. “It looks at anything that is involved with the project team,” he says. And that includes ensuring all personal protective equipment is available, conducting a job hazard analysis prior to starting work, demonstrating the owner’s commitment to project safety and designing for safety. “ ‘As an architect, what can I do to design for safety to eliminate the hazards before the job starts up?’ ” Gambatese says that is a question that ought to be asked as it helps people see workplace safety from a project perspective and provides an incentive to create smarter, safer designs. SHADES OF DANGER While many of the risks in green jobs are similar to those faced in traditional industries, the job tasks being undertaken and the sources of danger are likely to be different. An ILO paper notes that the growth of the green economy can lead to workers being thrust into jobs with different demands that could put them at risk. However, president Theo Kowalchuk of 1Life Workplace Safety in Winnipeg, believes that if a company has done its due diligence with regards to safety, any potential hazards arising from greening a workplace would be caught before they can bring harm to a worker. “Safety management systems are safety management systems; it doesn’t matter that you’re in a green industry or not,” she argues. Michael Wright, the director of health, safety and environment for the United Steelworkers of America cited the example of recycling jobs in Victorian London while speaking at a 2009 workshop in Washington, D.C. The “toshers, mudlarks and bone-pickers” that collected refuse in the sewers and mudflats of the city had green jobs, “but they were hardly safe, and they were hardly sustainable,” he said, noting that falling to one’s death while installing solar panels and falling from a smokestack are no different. Fennell is of the mind that safety processes that seek to reduce worker risk and manage loss prevention apply to any sector. “Good training, good procedures, the ability to identify near-misses — whether it’s safety or environmental, we can use the exact same processes for that,” he contends. He notes that more and more industries are beginning to combine environmental health and safety and workplace safety positions into one job or within the same department. In 1983, when Fennell was the safety and environmental advisor at Imperial Oil, the industry went through a phase where the streams were separated and became specialties. Now, they are starting to merge — a trend that he says will prove beneficial down the line. “Companies that are doing the right thing on safety to prevent injury and damage and accidents, they’ll be doing the right things to prevent the spills and emissions and environmental damages,” Fennell suggests. For Gambatese, this shift in workplace culture is an encouraging sign that, perhaps, the industry is starting to include the human aspect in its conception of sustainability. Follow us on Twitter @OHSCanada

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Association, Safety Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals B-6519 Mississauga Rd N Mississauga ON L5N 1A6 905 567-7198 Fax: 905 567-7191 Toll-Free: 888 279-2777 info@bcrsp.ca Web: www.bcrsp.ca Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) 39 River St Toronto ON M5A 3P1 416 646-1600 Fax: 416 646-9460 Toll-Free: 877 446-2674 headquarters@csse.org Web: www.csse.org Dir-Admn Perry Ruehlen Hand Tools Institute 25 North Broadway Tarrytown NY 10591 914 332-0040 Fax: 914 332-1541 hti@hti.org Web: www.hti.org Tech Mgr John Foote International Safety Equipment Association 808-1901 N Moore St Arlington VA 22209 703 525-1695 Fax: 703 528-2148 isea@safetyequipment.org Web: www.safetyequipment.org Pres Daniel K Shipp Public Services Health & Safety Association 902-4950 Yonge St Toronto ON M2N 6K1 416 250-2131 Fax: 416 250-9190 Toll-Free: 877 250-7444 info@pshsa.ca Web: www.pshsa.ca Workplace Safety & Prevention Services 5110 Creekbank Rd Mississauga ON L4W 0A1 905 614-1400 Fax: 905 614-1414 Toll-Free: 877 494-9777 customercare@wsps.ca Web: www.wsps.ca

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Audio and Lung Function Testing Bertrand Johnson Acoustics Inc. 302-5995 boul Gouin O Montréal QC H4J 2P8 514 332-2050; (Customer Service) 514 335-3021. Fax: 514 339-1057 Toll-Free: 800 363-0958 info@bjainc.com Web: www.bjainc.com Pres Ninon Bertrand

Workplace Medical Corp. 130 Wilson St Hamilton ON L8R 1E2 905 526-9744 Fax: 905 522-0425 Toll-Free: 800 263-9340 info@workplacemedical.com Web: www.workplacemedical.com Branch Office: WMC Mobile Hearing Testing Toronto, Ontario: 416 252-5885 Fax: 416 252-7090 info@wmcohs. com. Mgr Kevin Gow. Active Canadian Emergency Training Inc. Waterloo, Ontario: 800 205-3278 Fax: 877 799-7778 info@ activecanadian.com.

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Trillium International (Derma Defense Ltd.) PO Box 80932 Burnaby BC V5H 4K1 Toll-Free: 888 801-8488 trilliuminternational@telus.net Web: www.dermadefense.com

Books, Booklets, Notebooks DEVTRA Inc. – The “CHECKER” PO Box 265 Oakville ON L6J 5A2 193 Church St 905 825-0172 Fax: 905 469-8831 Toll-Free: 800 291-4719 info@thechecker.net Web: www.thechecker.net Gen Mgr David Lefevre

Boots, Safety L.P. Royer Inc. 712 rue Principale Lac-Drolet QC G0Y 1C0 819 549-2100 Fax: 819 549-2584 Toll-Free: 800 567-7693 client@lproyer.com Web: www.lproyer.com Mister Safety Shoes Inc. 6-2300 Finch Ave W North York ON M9M 2Y3 416 746-3000 Fax: 416 748-8791 info@mistersafetyshoes.com Web: www.mistersafetyshoes.com Owner John Colantonio

Breathing Air Air Systems International 829 Juniper Crescent Chesapeake VA 23320 757 424-3967 Fax: 757 424-5348 Toll-Free: 800 866-8100 Toll-Free Fax: 800 247-5850 sales@airsystems.com Web: www.airsystems.com Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca

CPR Devices and Equipment St. John Ambulance National Office 400-1900 City Park Dr Ottawa ON K1J 1A3 613 236-7461 Fax: 613 236-2425 clientservices@nhq.sja.ca Web: www.sja.ca Dir-Training Mario D’Angelo

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B-6519 Mississauga Rd N Mississauga ON L5N 1A6 905 567-7198 Fax: 905 567-7191 Toll-Free: 888 279-2777 info@bcrsp.ca Web: www.bcrsp.ca Board of Certified Safety Professionals 2301 W Bradley Ave Champaign IL 61821 217 359-9263 Fax: 217 359-0055 bcsp@bcsp.org Web: www.bcsp.org Mktg Mgr Lisa Spencer Lineman’s Testing Laboratories of Canada Limited 41 Rivalda Rd Toronto ON M9M 2M4 416 742-6911 Fax: 416 748-0290 Toll-Free: 800 299-9769 main@ltl.ca Web: www.ltl.ca Sys/Internal Ops Mgr Sandra Barker

Chairs, Ergonomic BioFit Engineered Products PO Box 109 Waterville OH 43566-0109 15500 Biofit Way Bowling Green OH 43402 419 823-1089 Fax: 419 823-1342 Toll-Free: 800 597-0246 biofit@biofit.com Web: www.BIOFIT.com Dir-Mktg Judy Kolo-Rose Chairs Limited 7-10 Ilsley Ave Dartmouth NS B3B 1L3 902 468-2854 Fax: 902 468-1269 Toll-Free: 800 565-2854 info@chairslimited.com Web: www.chairslimited.com VP/Gen Mgr Mark MacPhail Ergomat Canada Inc. 70-3330 2e rue Saint-Hubert QC J3Y 8Y7 450 462-3201 Toll-Free: 877 374-6628 Toll-Free Fax: 800 357-2113 info@ergomat.com Web: www.ergomat.com GWS Ergonomics Inc. 40 Birch Ave Richmond Hill ON L4C 6C6 905 761-0370 Fax: 905 761-0371 info@gwsergo.com Web: www.gwsergo.com Pres Ralph Cilevitz Micwil Group of Companies Ltd. PO Box 9022 Saskatoon SK S7K 7E7

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102 Wheeler St Saskatoon SK S7P 0A9 306 382-5995 Fax: 306 382-4995 Toll-Free: 866 335-3746 sales@ergocanada.com Web: www.ergocanada.com

416 777-2020 Toll-Free: 888 777-1707 jlindsey@alm.com Web: www.insightinfo.com Marketing Jennifer Lindsey

The Global Group 1350 Flint Rd Downsview ON M3J 2J7 416 661-3660 Fax: 416 667-0338 Toll-Free: 877 446-2251 lonna@globaltotaloffice.com Web: www.globaltotaloffice.com

Cleaning Supplies, Environmental Dynamic Research Company, Inc. 300 – 4800 Meadows Rd Lake Oswego OR 97035 503 699-1335 Fax: 503 699-1094 Toll-Free: 800 876-2232 info@saf-t-step.com Web: www.saf-t-step.com Pres Dale Burson

Conferences Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) 39 River St Toronto ON M5A 3P1 416 646-1600 Fax: 416 646-9460 Toll-Free: 877 446-2674 headquarters@csse.org Web: www.csse.org Dir-Admn Perry Ruehlen Insight Information 300-214 King St W Toronto ON M5H 3S6

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Stringer LLP, Management Lawyers 1100-110 Yonge St Toronto ON M5C 1T4 416 862-1616 Fax: 416 363-7358 Toll-Free: 866 821-7306 info@stringerllp.com Web: www.stringerllp.com

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National Safety Council 1121 Spring Lake Dr Itasca IL 60143-3201 630 285-1121 Fax: 630 285-1315 Toll-Free: 800 621-7619 customerservice@nsc.org Web: www.nsc.org Mktg Mgr Heidi Mitchell

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Capital Safety 260 Export Blvd Mississauga ON L5S 1Y9 905 795-9333 Toll-Free: 800 387-7484 Toll-Free Fax: 888 387-7484 info.ca@capitalsafety.com Web: www.capitalsafety.com CEA Instruments, Inc. 160 Tillman St Westwood NJ 07675 201 967-5660 Fax: 201 967-8450 Toll-Free: 888 893-9640 ceainstr@aol.com Web: www.ceainstr.com VP-Sls/Mktg Steven Adelman Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca EHS Canada Inc. 2964 South Grimsby Rd 18 RR 1 Smithville ON L0R 2A0 905 643-3343 Fax: 905 643-3211 info@ehscanada.ca Web: www.ehscanada.ca Sr Proj Mgr Cathy Courage Enmet Canada Ltd. – Div. of Arjay Engineering 2851 Brighton Rd Oakville ON L6H 6C9 905 829-2418 Fax: 905 829-4701 Toll-Free: 800 387-9487 arjay@arjayeng.com Web: www.arjayeng.com Mgr Greg Reeves

FoxFury Lighting Solutions 2091 Elevado Hills Dr Vista CA 92084 760 945-4231 Fax: 760 758-6283 fox@foxfury.com Web: www.foxfury.com Dir-Ops Andrea Cugini Gas Measurement Instruments Ltd. Inchinnan Business Park Renfrew PA4 9RG Scotland +44 141 812 3211 Fax: +44 141 812 7820 canadian.sales@gmiuk.com Web: www.gmiuk.com Mktg Coord Jane McLeod

Miller Fall Protection/Honeywell PO Box 271 Franklin PA 16323 1345 15th St 814 432-2118 Fax: 814 432-2415 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Toll-Free Fax: 800 892-4078 millertechexpert@sperian.com Web: www.millerfallprotection.com MSA – The Safety Company 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Toll-Free: 800 672-2222 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com

GfG Instrumentation, Inc. 20-1194 Oak Valley Dr Ann Arbor MI 48180 734 769-0573 Fax: 734 769-1888 Toll-Free: 800 959-0329 info@gfg-inc.com Web: www.gfg-inc.com Mktg Mgr Paula Shovels

RKI Instruments, Inc. 33248 Central Ave Union City CA 94587-2010 510 441-5656 Fax: 510 441-5650 Toll-Free: 800 754-5165 john@rkiinstruments.com Web: www.rkiinstruments.com Sr Application Engr John Villalovos

Hazmasters Inc. 1-1915 Clements Rd Pickering ON L1W 3V1 905 427-0220 Fax: 905 427-9901 Toll-Free: 877 747-7117 connect@hazmasters.com Web: www.hazmasters.com Branch Office: Hazmasters Burnaby, British Columbia: 604 420-0025 Fax: 604 420-5282. Hazmasters Victoria, British Columbia: 250 384-0025 Fax: 250 384-0065. Hazmasters Calgary, Alberta: 403 247-1100 Fax: 403 247-1121. Hazmasters Edmonton, Alberta: 780 481-1300 Fax: 780 481-3900. Hazmasters Winnipeg, Manitoba: 204 694-4500 Fax: 204 633-4035. Hazmasters Ottawa, Ontario: 613 224-5447 Fax: 613 224-1341. Hazmasters Dorval, Québec: 514 633-8533 Fax: 514 633-5737. Hazmasters Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: 902 468-8467 Fax: 902 468-8134.

Specialists in Creating Safe Work Environments. Safety Products & Training with exceptional service & expertise. Safety is an essential part of every job, and it’s about more than the equipment; it’s about making sure you have the right safety products, services and workers who are trained & educated. HazSafeID: product inspections, identification, tracking & reporting, with 24/7 web access. HazSafeED: through our training centres across Canada, we offer safety training & education-both open enrollment and private classes; on-site courses also available.

Industrial Scientific Corp. 140-120 Pembina Rd Sherwood Park AB T8H 0M2 780 467-2423 Fax: 780 467-2105 Toll-Free: 800 338-3287 info@indsci.com Web: www.indsci.com

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YOW Canada Inc. 1306 Algoma Rd Ottawa ON K1B 3W8 613 688-2845 Fax: 613 248-0711 Toll-Free: 866 688-2845 info@yowcanada.com Web: www.yowcanada.com

Health and Safety training and products. Online Training includes WHMIS, Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Fall Protection, Confined Spaces Awareness and Workplace Violence and Harassment. YOW Canada Inc., safety compliance made easy!

BUYERS’ GUIDE 2013 Consultants, Environmental Air Earth & Water Environmental Consultants Ltd. 423 Ireland Rd Simcoe ON N3Y 5J1 519 426-7019 Fax: 519 426-5035 lovegrove@kwic.com Web: www.airearthandwater.ca Pres Robert Lovegrove Airzone One Ltd. 222 Matheson Blvd E Mississauga ON L4Z 1X1 905 890-6957 Fax: 905 890-8629 info@airzoneone.com Web: www.airzoneone.com Consultant Charles Geen Decibel Consultants Inc. 2500-265 boul Hymus Pointe Claire QC H9R 1G6 514 630-4855 Fax: 514 630-4595 Toll-Free: 800 363-4855 decibel@decibel-consultants.com Web: www.decibel-consultants.com Pres Gilles Leroux EcoLog ERIS 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2T5 416 510-5204 Fax: 416 510-5133 Toll-Free: 866 517-5204 Toll-Free Fax: 866 251-8611 info@eris.ca Web: www.eris.ca Rsch/Dev Mgr Mark Mattei ETCOS 96 Terrosa Rd Markham ON L3S 2N1 905 471-9890 Fax: 905 471-6439 info@etcoscanada.com Web: www.etcoscanada.com Proj Mgr Ravi Sharma JK Engineering Ltd. 320-7930 Bowness Rd NW Calgary AB T3B 0H3 403 247-1777 Fax: 403 286-9895 jkeng@telus.net Web: www.jkeng.ca Pres Jan Korzeniowski LEHDER Environmental Services Limited 210-704 Mara St Point Edward ON N7V 1X4 519 336-4101 Fax: 519 336-4311 Toll-Free: 877 534-3371 info@lehder.com Web: www.lehder.com Principal Mark Roehler Branch Office: Edmonton, Alberta: 780 462-4099 Fax: 780 462-4392 info@lehder.com.

LEX Scientific Inc. 204-2 Quebec St Guelph ON N1H 2T3 519 824-7082 Ext. 223 Fax: 519 824-5784 Toll-Free: 800 824-7082 Ext. 223 admin@lexscientific.com Web: www.lexscientific.com Dir Michael Hoffbauer O’Connor Associates/Parsons 100-3715 Laird Rd Mississauga ON L5L 0A3 905 820-1210 Fax: 905 820-1221 toronto-office@oconnor-associates.com Web: www.parsons.com Reg Mgr Ron McKee Phoenix OHC, Inc. 401-837 Princess St Kingston ON K7L 1G8 613 544-4046 Web: www.phoenix-ohc.ca Pinchin Environmental Ltd. 2470 Milltower Crt Mississauga ON L5N 7W5 905 363-0678 Fax: 905 363-0681 Toll-Free: 888 767-3330 info@pinchin.com Web: www.pinchin.com CRM/Events Coord José Barinque Stantec Consulting Ltd. 160-7070 Mississauga Rd Mississauga ON L5N 7G2 905 858-4424 Fax: 905 858-4426 Toll-Free: 800 649-4424 rob.robinson@stantec.com Web: www.stantec.com Principal Rob Robinson T. Harris Environmental Management Inc. 101-93 Skyway Ave Toronto ON M9W 6N6 416 679-8914 Fax: 416 679-8915 Toll-Free: 888 275-8436 info@tharris.ca Web: www.tharris.ca CDO Mike Kwiecien

Toll-Free: 800 887-8018 info@backlogic.com Web: www.backlogic.com

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Fax: 416 596-6946 hfn@hfn.ca Web: www.hfn.ca Accnt/Office Mgr Deanna Cyr

Chairs Limited 7-10 Ilsley Ave Dartmouth NS B3B 1L3 902 468-2854 Fax: 902 468-1269 Toll-Free: 800 565-2854 info@chairslimited.com Web: www.chairslimited.com VP/Gen Mgr Mark MacPhail

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ErgonoWorks Unlimited, Inc. 97 Major Button’s Dr Markham ON L3P 3X4 905 472-4996 Fax: 905 472-1879 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 429-5978 ergonoworks@rogers.com Web: www.ergonoworks.com Owner/Dir Janice E Ray Human Factors North Inc. 202-174 Spadina Ave Toronto ON M5T 2C2 416 596-1252 Fax: 416 596-6946 hfn@hfn.ca Web: www.hfn.ca Accnt/Office Mgr Deanna Cyr Phoenix OHC, Inc. 401-837 Princess St Kingston ON K7L 1G8 613 544-4046 Web: www.phoenix-ohc.ca Systems Approach Strategies 10-180 Mary St Port Perry ON L9L 1C4 905 985-2955 Fax: 905 985-2688 info@systemsapproach.com Web: www.systemsapproach.com Workplace Safety and Wellness Solutions 11-167 Applewood Cr Vaughan ON L4K 4K7 416 270-3181 Fax: 905 597-0116 info@workplacesafety-ontario.com Web: www.workplacesafety-ontario.com Occup Ther Anna Mathrosov

Airzone One Ltd. 222 Matheson Blvd E Mississauga ON L4Z 1X1 905 890-6957 Fax: 905 890-8629 info@airzoneone.com Web: www.airzoneone.com Consultant Charles Geen Alert@Work Human Resource Services 427 Briarvale Crt Saskatoon SK S7V 1B8 306 975-1165 Fax: 306 652-6161 Toll-Free: 866 975-1165 schurgoode@sasktel.net Web: www.alertatwork.com Owner Carolyn Schur Atco Structures & Logistics Ltd. 5115 Crowchild Trail SW Calgary AB T3E 1T9 403 292-7600 Fax: 403 292-7603 Toll-Free: 800 575-2826 atco@atcosl.com Web: www.atcosl.com Beyond Rewards Inc. 218 Silvercreek Pkwy N Unit 17A Suite 327 Guelph ON N1H 8E8 57 Rochelle Dr Guelph ON N1K 1L1 519 821-7440 Fax: 519 821-7680 Toll-Free: 877 423-4927 info@beyondrewards.ca Web: www.beyondrewards.ca Pres Lynne Bard

Consultants, Human Factors

Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) 39 River St Toronto ON M5A 3P1 416 646-1600 Fax: 416 646-9460 Toll-Free: 877 446-2674 headquarters@csse.org Web: www.csse.org Dir-Admn Perry Ruehlen

Consultants, Ergonomic

FSEAP 1005-2 Carlton St Toronto ON M5B 1J3 416 585-9985 Fax: 416 642-1902 Toll-Free: 888 765-8464 info@fseap.com Web: www.fseap.com

Dell Tech Laboratories Ltd. 220-100 Collip Cir London ON N6G 4X8 519 858-5021 Fax: 519 858-5026 delltech@delltech.com Web: www.delltech.com Pres Stephen Chambers

BodyLogic Health Management Inc. Box 91758 West Vancouver BC V7V 4S1

Human Factors North Inc. 202-174 Spadina Ave Toronto ON M5T 2C2 416 596-1252

DuPont Sustainable Solutions PO Box 2200 Mississauga ON L5M 2H3 905 639-0607

TankTek Environmental Services Ltd. 970 Third Conc Rd Pickering ON L1V 2P8 905 839-4400 Fax: 905 839-6600 Toll-Free: 877 789-6224 inquiries@tanktek.com Web: www.tanktek.com Pres Thomas Burt

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Toll-Free: 800 532-7233 Toll-Free Fax: 888 240-6566 Web: www.dupont.com/safety Electrolab Training Systems PO Box 320 Belleville ON K8N 5A5 335 University Ave Belleville ON K8N 5T7 613 962-9577 Fax: 613 962-0284 Toll-Free: 800 267-7482 safety@electrolab.ca Web: www.electrolab.ca Health Systems Group 51 Tannery St Mississauga ON L5M 1V3 905 858-0333 Fax: 905 858-3136 Toll-Free: 888 809-0333 service@healthsystemsgroup.com Web: www.healthsystemsgroup.com Pres Kim Snider LEX Scientific Inc. 204-2 Quebec St Guelph ON N1H 2T3 519 824-7082 Ext. 223 Fax: 519 824-5784 Toll-Free: 800 824-7082 Ext. 223 admin@lexscientific.com Web: www.lexscientific.com Dir Michael Hoffbauer O’Reilly Health & Safety Consulting Toronto ON M6S 4Z1 416 294-4141 info@ohsconsulting.ca Web: www.ohsconsulting.ca Owner Yvonne O’Reilly

Stantec Consulting Ltd. 160-7070 Mississauga Rd Mississauga ON L5N 7G2 905 858-4424 Fax: 905 858-4426 Toll-Free: 800 649-4424 rob.robinson@stantec.com Web: www.stantec.com Principal Rob Robinson Systems Approach Strategies 10-180 Mary St Port Perry ON L9L 1C4 905 985-2955 Fax: 905 985-2688 info@systemsapproach.com Web: www.systemsapproach.com T. Harris Environmental Management Inc. 101-93 Skyway Ave

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Westlake & Associates Consulting 126 Essex Crt Thunder Bay ON P7A 7P1 807 345-6691 Fax: 807 345-8229 ohslaw@shaw.ca Web: ohslaw.shawwebspace.ca Sfty Eng A Larry Westlake Workplace Safety & Prevention Services 5110 Creekbank Rd Mississauga ON L4W 0A1 905 614-1400 Fax: 905 614-1414 Toll-Free: 877 494-9777 customercare@wsps.ca Web: www.wsps.ca Workplace Safety North 690 McKeown Ave North Bay ON P1B 7M2 705 474-7233 Fax: 705 472-5800 Toll-Free: 888 730-7821 info@workplacesafetynorth.ca Web: www.healthandsafetyontario.ca/wsn Commun Mgr Susan Haldane

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Public Services Health & Safety Association 902-4950 Yonge St Toronto ON M2N 6K1 416 250-2131 Fax: 416 250-9190 Toll-Free: 877 250-7444 info@pshsa.ca Web: www.pshsa.ca

Toronto ON M9W 6N6 416 679-8914 Fax: 416 679-8915 Toll-Free: 888 275-8436 info@tharris.ca Web: www.tharris.ca CDO Mike Kwiecien

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Decibel Consultants Inc. 2500-265 boul Hymus Pointe Claire QC H9R 1G6 514 630-4855 Fax: 514 630-4595 Toll-Free: 800 363-4855 decibel@decibel-consultants.com Web: www.decibel-consultants.com Pres Gilles Leroux ETCOS 96 Terrosa Rd Markham ON L3S 2N1 905 471-9890 Fax: 905 471-6439 info@etcoscanada.com Web: www.etcoscanada.com Proj Mgr Ravi Sharma LEHDER Environmental Services Limited 210-704 Mara St Point Edward ON N7V 1X4 519 336-4101 Fax: 519 336-4311 Toll-Free: 877 534-3371 info@lehder.com Web: www.lehder.com Principal Mark Roehler Branch Office: Edmonton, Alberta: 780 462-4099 Fax: 780 462-4392 info@ lehder.com.

LEX Scientific Inc. 204-2 Quebec St Guelph ON N1H 2T3 519 824-7082 Ext. 223 Fax: 519 824-5784 Toll-Free: 800 824-7082 Ext. 223 admin@lexscientific.com Web: www.lexscientific.com Dir Michael Hoffbauer Phoenix OHC, Inc. 401-837 Princess St Kingston ON K7L 1G8 613 544-4046 Web: www.phoenix-ohc.ca Systems Approach Strategies 10-180 Mary St Port Perry ON L9L 1C4 905 985-2955 Fax: 905 985-2688 info@systemsapproach.com Web: www.systemsapproach.com T. Harris Environmental Management Inc. 101-93 Skyway Ave Toronto ON M9W 6N6 416 679-8914 Fax: 416 679-8915 Toll-Free: 888 275-8436 info@tharris.ca Web: www.tharris.ca CDO Mike Kwiecien

Consultants, Workers’ Compensation BGI Benchmark Group International 217-60 Centurian Dr Markham ON L3R 8T5 905 665-1656 Fax: 905 305-8901 Toll-Free: 888 293-4512 Toll-Free Fax: 800 780-6024 info@bgibenchmark.com Web: www.bgibenchmark.com Dir Heather Doucette disAbility & Health Management Solutions Barrie ON L4M 7B9 705 715-7052 dhms@dhms.on.ca Web: www.dhms.on.ca Dir Lucie Fournier Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP First Canadian Place 100 King St W Toronto ON M5X 1G5 416 862-3580 Fax: 416 862-7661 Toll-Free: 866 862-5787 Ext. 3580 norm.keith@gowlings.com Web: www.gowlings.com/ohslaw Partner Norm Keith

Consulting, Engineering JK Engineering Ltd. 320-7930 Bowness Rd NW Calgary AB T3B 0H3 403 247-1777 Fax: 403 286-9895 jkeng@telus.net Web: www.jkeng.ca Pres Jan Korzeniowski O’Connor Associates/Parsons 100-3715 Laird Rd Mississauga ON L5L 0A3 905 820-1210 Fax: 905 820-1221 toronto-office@oconnor-associates.com Web: www.parsons.com Reg Mgr Ron McKee

Controls, Static Exair Corporation 11510 Goldcoast Dr Cincinnati OH 45249 513 671-3322 Fax: 513 671-3363 Toll-Free: 800 903-9247 techelp@exair.com Web: www.exair.com Lind Equipment Ltd. 90B Centurian Dr Markham ON L3R 8C4 905 475-5086 Fax: 905 475-4098 info@lindequipment.net Web: www.lindequipment.net Pres Brian Astl

Disability Management BGI Benchmark Group International 217-60 Centurian Dr Markham ON L3R 8T5 905 665-1656 Fax: 905 305-8901 Toll-Free: 888 293-4512 Toll-Free Fax: 800 780-6024 info@bgibenchmark.com Web: www.bgibenchmark.com Dir Heather Doucette Capital Vocational Specialists Corp 304-2781 Lancaster Rd Ottawa ON K1B 1A7 613 736-9117 Fax: 613 736-9771 Toll-Free: 888 736-9117 information@cvs.ca Web: www.cvs.ca disAbility & Health Management Solutions Barrie ON L4M 7B9 705 715-7052 dhms@dhms.on.ca Web: www.dhms.on.ca Dir Lucie Fournier

BUYERS’ GUIDE 2013 National Institute of Disability Management and Research 4755 Cherry Creek Road Port Alberni BC V9Y 0A7 778 421-0821 Ext. 201 Fax: 778 421-0823 nidmar@nidmar.ca Web: www.nidmar.ca Asst Exec Dir Joyce Gravelle Niagara Software Ltd. 1205-20 Bay St Toronto ON M5J 2N8 416 366-5212 Toll-Free: 888 892-2776 Web: www.wcbpro.ca Pres Paul Ambos vpi Inc. Bldg 4, 201-2600 Skymark Ave Mississauga ON L4W 5B2 905 624-3353 Fax: 905 624-3749 Toll-Free: 888 336-9500 Web: www.vpi-inc.com Workplace Medical Corp. 130 Wilson St Hamilton ON L8R 1E2 905 526-9744 Fax: 905 522-0425 Toll-Free: 800 263-9340 info@workplacemedical.com Web: www.workplacemedical.com Branch Office: WMC Mobile Hearing Testing Toronto, Ontario: 416 252-5885 Fax: 416 252-7090 info@wmcohs. com. Mgr Kevin Gow. Active Canadian Emergency Training Inc. Waterloo, Ontario: 800 205-3278 Fax: 877 799-7778 info@activecanadian.com.

Driving Safety National Safety Council 1121 Spring Lake Dr Itasca IL 60143-3201 630 285-1121 Fax: 630 285-1315 Toll-Free: 800 621-7619 customerservice@nsc.org Web: www.nsc.org Mktg Mgr Heidi Mitchell Skid Control School 576 Bronte Rd Oakville ON L6L 6S1 Toll-Free: 888 516-6522 info@skidcontrolschool.com Web: www.skidcontrolschool.com The Doctor’s Office, MCI-Occupational Health Services 200-160 Eglinton Ave Toronto ON M4P 3B5 416 440-4040 Ext. 437 Fax: 416 440-4014 occhealth@mcimed.com Web: www.mcimed.com Natl Mgr OHealth Serv Chona Rosello

Dust Measurement Instruments CD Nova Ltd. 5330 Imperial St Burnaby BC V5J 1E6 604 430-5612 Fax: 604 437-1036 Toll-Free: 800 663-0615 sales@cdnova.com Web: www.cdnova.com Pres Donald Bealle Environmental Analytical Systems 286 Mask Island Dr., RR 1 Barry’s Bay ON K0J 1B0 613 756-0101 Fax: 613 756-0909 Toll-Free: 800 427-8591 Web: www.enviro-analytical.com Pres Nigel Newing Kanomax USA, Inc. 219 US Highway 206 Andover NJ 07821 973 786-6386 Fax: 973 786-7586 Toll-Free: 800 247-8887 info@kanomax-usa.com Web: www.kanomax-usa.com Novatech 25-4120 Ridgeway Dr Mississauga ON L5L 5S9 905 569-9814 Fax: 905 569-7095 Toll-Free: 800 465-5374 info@novatech.ca Web: www.novatech.ca Reg Mgr Matt Welland

Ear Muffs 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Howard Leight by Honeywell 7828 Waterville Rd San Diego CA 92154 Fax: 401 232-3110 Toll-Free: 800 430-5490 hearingconservation@howardleight.com Web: www.howardleight.com Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com

Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

Ear Plugs 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Howard Leight by Honeywell 7828 Waterville Rd San Diego CA 92154 Fax: 401 232-3110 Toll-Free: 800 430-5490 hearingconservation@howardleight.com Web: www.howardleight.com Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

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410 768-6464 Fax: 800 262-8673 Toll-Free: 800 262-8462 Toll-Free Fax: 800 262-8673 Web: www.ambuUSA.com Promo Coord Michael Tyler Argus-Hazco A-6541 Mississauga Rd Mississauga ON L5N 1A6 905 858-3215 Fax: 905 858-3192 Toll-Free: 800 361-3201 info@argus-hazco.ca Web: www.argus-hazco.ca Gen Mgr Rose Calabrese Armstrong Medical Industries, Inc. 575 Knightsbridge Pkwy Lincolnshire IL 60069 847 913-0101 Fax: 847 913-0138 Toll-Free: 800 323-4220 csr@armstrongmedical.com Web: www.armstrongmedical.com Haws Corporation 1455 Kleppe Ln Sparks NV 89431 775 359-4712 Fax: 775 359-7424 Toll-Free: 888 640-4297 info@hawsco.com Web: www.hawsco.com Prod Mgr Margo Mee Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Therm-Omega-Tech, Inc. 353 Ivyland Rd Warminster PA 18974-2205 215 674-9992 Fax: 215 674-8594 Toll-Free: 877 379-8258 valves@thermomegatech.com Web: www.ThermOmegaTech.com Sls Mgr Paul Driscoll

Emergency Response EHS Canada Inc. 2964 South Grimsby Rd 18 RR 1 Smithville ON L0R 2A0 905 643-3343 Fax: 905 643-3211 info@ehscanada.ca Web: www.ehscanada.ca Sr Proj Mgr Cathy Courage Fire Safety Displays Co. 20422 Van Born Rd Dearborn Heights MI 48125 313 274-7888 Fax: 313 274-9277 dccox@firesafetydisplays.com Web: www.firesafetydisplays.com VP David Cox

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Pro Telec CheckMate 200-1450 Mountain Ave Winnipeg MB R2X 3C4 204 949-1415 Fax: 204 947-3078 Toll-Free: 866 475-0780 info@protelecalarms.com Web: www.protelecalarms.com The SEA Group (Safety Equipment America, Inc.) 20 North Blossom Street East Providence RI 02914 949 200-6292 sea.america@theseagroup.com Web: www.theseagroup.com

Employee Assistance Plans (EAP) FSEAP 1005-2 Carlton St Toronto ON M5B 1J3 416 585-9985 Fax: 416 642-1902 Toll-Free: 888 765-8464 info@fseap.com Web: www.fseap.com

Environmental Services Air Earth & Water Environmental Consultants Ltd. 423 Ireland Rd Simcoe ON N3Y 5J1 519 426-7019 Fax: 519 426-5035 lovegrove@kwic.com Web: www.airearthandwater.ca Pres Robert Lovegrove Decibel Consultants Inc. 2500-265 boul Hymus Pointe Claire QC H9R 1G6 514 630-4855 Fax: 514 630-4595 Toll-Free: 800 363-4855 decibel@decibel-consultants.com Web: www.decibel-consultants.com Pres Gilles Leroux EcoLog News 80 Valleybrook Dr North York ON M3B 2S9 416 442-5600 Ext. 3570 Fax: 416 510-5133 llubka@ecolog.com Web: www.ecolog.com Sls/Mktg Rep Dan Bond

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O’Connor Associates/Parsons 100-3715 Laird Rd Mississauga ON L5L 0A3 905 820-1210 Fax: 905 820-1221 toronto-office@oconnor-associates.com Web: www.parsons.com Reg Mgr Ron McKee Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2S9 416 510-6798 Fax: 416 510-5133 Toll-Free: 888 702-1111 Toll-Free Fax: 866 251-8611 bobrien@solidwastemag.com Web: www.solidwastemag.com Pub Brad O’Brien Sonic Soil Sampling Inc. 668 Millway Ave Concord ON L4K 3V2 905 660-0501 Fax: 905 660-7143 Toll-Free: 877 897-6642 Toll-Free Fax: 888 251-7445 sonic@sonicsoil.com Web: www.sonicsoil.com VP-Admn Alan Archibald TankTek Environmental Services Ltd. 970 Third Conc Rd Pickering ON L1V 2P8 905 839-4400 Fax: 905 839-6600 Toll-Free: 877 789-6224 inquiries@tanktek.com Web: www.tanktek.com Pres Thomas Burt

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LEHDER Environmental Services Limited 210-704 Mara St Point Edward ON N7V 1X4 519 336-4101 Fax: 519 336-4311 Toll-Free: 877 534-3371 info@lehder.com Web: www.lehder.com Principal Mark Roehler Branch Office: Edmonton, Alberta: 780 462-4099 Fax: 780 462-4392 info@lehder.com.

LEX Scientific Inc. 204-2 Quebec St Guelph ON N1H 2T3 519 824-7082 Ext. 223 Fax: 519 824-5784 Toll-Free: 800 824-7082 Ext. 223 admin@lexscientific.com Web: www.lexscientific.com Dir Michael Hoffbauer

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450 462-3201 Toll-Free: 877 374-6628 Toll-Free Fax: 800 357-2113 info@ergomat.com Web: www.ergomat.com ErgonoWorks Unlimited, Inc. 97 Major Button’s Dr Markham ON L3P 3X4 905 472-4996 Fax: 905 472-1879 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 429-5978 ergonoworks@rogers.com Web: www.ergonoworks.com Owner/Dir Janice E Ray

Toll-Free: 877 446-2251 lonna@globaltotaloffice.com Web: www.globaltotaloffice.com

Eye Wash, Emergency Bradley Corporation W142 N9101 Fountain Blvd Menomonee Falls WI 53051 262 251-6000 Fax: 262 251-5817 Toll-Free: 800 272-3539 info@bradleycorp.com Web: www.bradleycorp.com Mktg Mgr Kris Alderson

Jenalex Inc. – Ergonomic Products 1711-3230 Yonge St Toronto ON M4N 3P6 416 485-9487 Fax: 416 485-7417 Toll-Free: 800 536-2539 info@jenalex.ca Web: www.jenalex.ca Pres Hans Lofgreen

Cederroth AB PO Box 715 SE-19427 Upplands Väsby Sweden Kanalvägen 10A Upplands Väsby Sweden +46 8590 96300 Fax: +46 8590 30953 firstaid@cederroth.com Web: www.firstaid.cederroth.com Rep Bertil Hedlund

Micwil Group of Companies Ltd. PO Box 9022 Saskatoon SK S7K 7E7 102 Wheeler St Saskatoon SK S7P 0A9 306 382-5995 Fax: 306 382-4995 Toll-Free: 866 335-3746 sales@ergocanada.com Web: www.ergocanada.com

Haws Corporation 1455 Kleppe Ln Sparks NV 89431 775 359-4712 Fax: 775 359-7424 Toll-Free: 888 640-4297 info@hawsco.com Web: www.hawsco.com Prod Mgr Margo Mee

Zenith Safety Products 20701 ch Ste-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 866 457-1163 Toll-Free Fax: 866 457-1164 info@zenithsafety.com Web: www.zenithsafety.com

Ergonomic Tables Chairs Limited 7-10 Ilsley Ave Dartmouth NS B3B 1L3 902 468-2854 Fax: 902 468-1269 Toll-Free: 800 565-2854 info@chairslimited.com Web: www.chairslimited.com VP/Gen Mgr Mark MacPhail GWS Ergonomics Inc. 40 Birch Ave Richmond Hill ON L4C 6C6 905 761-0370 Fax: 905 761-0371 info@gwsergo.com Web: www.gwsergo.com Pres Ralph Cilevitz The Global Group 1350 Flint Rd Downsview ON M3J 2J7 416 661-3660 Fax: 416 667-0338

BUYERS’ GUIDE 2013 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. Therm-Omega-Tech, Inc. 353 Ivyland Rd Warminster PA 18974-2205 215 674-9992 Fax: 215 674-8594 Toll-Free: 877 379-8258 valves@thermomegatech.com Web: www.ThermOmegaTech.com Sls Mgr Paul Driscoll WASIP Ltd. 3771 Victoria Park Ave Toronto ON M1W 3Z5 416 297-5020 Fax: 416 297-0109 Toll-Free: 800 268-3572 Toll-Free Fax: 800 263-9049 sales@wasip.com Web: www.wasip.com Sls Mgr Paul Brindley

Face Protection ArcOne Welding & Safety Products 85 Independence Dr Taunton MA 02780 508 884-9600 Fax: 508 884-9666 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 223-4685 msullivan@aceintl.com Web: www.arc1weldsafe.com Mktg Asst Laurie Ferland Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242.

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Franklin PA 16323 1345 15th St 814 432-2118 Fax: 814 432-2415 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Toll-Free Fax: 800 892-4078 millertechexpert@sperian.com Web: www.millerfallprotection.com

YOW Canada Inc. 1306 Algoma Rd Ottawa ON K1B 3W8 613 688-2845 Fax: 613 248-0711 Toll-Free: 866 688-2845 info@yowcanada.com Web: www.yowcanada.com

Uvex by Honeywell 10 Thurber Blvd Smithfield RI 02917 800 682-0839 Fax: 401 232-0547 marketingservices@sperian.com Web: www.uvex.us

Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com

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3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio

222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Toll-Free: 800 672-2222 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com

Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

BlueWater Mfg., Inc. 4064 Peavey Rd Chaska MN 55318 952 448-2935 Fax: 952 448-3685 Toll-Free: 866 933-2935 info@bluewater-mfg.com Web: www.bluewater-mfg.com Pres Greg Kenton Canadian Safety Equipment Inc. 114-2465 Cawthra Rd Mississauga ON L5A 3P2 905 949-2741 Fax: 905 272-1866 Toll-Free: 800 265-0182 info@cdnsafety.com Web: www.cdnsafety.com Capital Safety 260 Export Blvd Mississauga ON L5S 1Y9 905 795-9333 Toll-Free: 800 387-7484 Toll-Free Fax: 888 387-7484 info.ca@capitalsafety.com Web: www.capitalsafety.com Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Innovative Fall Protection 50 Mt Brewster Circle SE Calgary AB T2Z 4M8 403 257-1833 Fax: 403 257-7467 Toll-Free: 866 257-2888 info@innovativefallprotection.com Web: www.innovativefallprotection.com Miller Fall Protection/ Honeywell PO Box 271

Rite-Hite 8900 North Arbon Dr Milwaukee WI 53223 414 355-2600 Fax: 414 355-9248 Toll-Free: 800 456-0600 info@ritehite.com Web: www.ritehite.com Mktg Mgr Tiffany Weigand

Saf Precision Mfg Ltd. 4-1173 Michener Crt Sarnia ON N7S 5G5 519 337-9252 Fax: 519 337-6510 Toll-Free: 888 843-3633 info@flangebar.com Web: www.flangebar.com Ops Mgr Kim Shaw

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Continental Fan Canada Inc. 12-205 Matheson Blvd E Mississauga ON L4Z 3E3 905 890-6192 Fax: 905 890-6193 Toll-Free: 800 779-4021 cfm@continentalfan.com Web: www.continentalfan.com

Air Systems International 829 Juniper Crescent Chesapeake VA 23320 757 424-3967 Fax: 757 424-5348 Toll-Free: 800 866-8100 Toll-Free Fax: 800 247-5850 sales@airsystems.com Web: www.airsystems.com JK Engineering Ltd. 320-7930 Bowness Rd NW Calgary AB T3B 0H3 403 247-1777 Fax: 403 286-9895 jkeng@telus.net Web: www.jkeng.ca Pres Jan Korzeniowski Parker Finite Airtek Filtration – Div. of Parker-Hannifin Corporation 160 Chisholm Dr Milton ON L9T 3G9 905 693-3000 Fax: 905 876-1958 Toll-Free: 888 342-2623 ryan.dorant@parker.com Web: www.parker.com/faf Mktg Mgr Jane Sexton United Air Specialists, Inc. 4440 Creek Road Cincinnati OH 45242 513 891-0400 Fax: 513 891-4171 Toll-Free: 800 252-4647 info@uasinc.com Web: www.uasinc.com

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Firefighting Equipment Canadian Safety Equipment Inc. 114-2465 Cawthra Rd Mississauga ON L5A 3P2 905 949-2741 Fax: 905 272-1866 Toll-Free: 800 265-0182 info@cdnsafety.com Web: www.cdnsafety.com Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca FoxFury Lighting Solutions 2091 Elevado Hills Dr Vista CA 92084 760 945-4231 Fax: 760 758-6283 fox@foxfury.com Web: www.foxfury.com Dir-Ops Andrea Cugini Lakeland Protective Wear, Inc. 59 Bury Crt Brantford ON N3S 0A9 519 757-0700 Fax: 519 757-0799 Toll-Free: 800 489-9131 sales-canada@lakeland.com Web: www.lakeland.com

First Aid Ambu Inc. 6740 Baymeadow Dr Glen Burnie MD 21060 410 768-6464 Fax: 800 262-8673 Toll-Free: 800 262-8462 Toll-Free Fax: 800 262-8673 Web: www.ambuUSA.com Promo Coord Michael Tyler Cederroth AB PO Box 715 SE-19427 Upplands Väsby Sweden Kanalvägen 10A Upplands Väsby Sweden +46 8590 96300 Fax: +46 8590 30953 firstaid@cederroth.com Web: www.firstaid.cederroth.com Rep Bertil Hedlund Dentec Safety Specialists, Inc. 100 Harry Walker Pkwy N Newmarket ON L3Y 7B2 905 953-9946 Fax: 905 953-8351 Toll-Free: 888 533-6832 Toll-Free Fax: 888 953-9946 dentec@dentecsafety.com Web: www.dentecsafety.com Pres Claudio Dente

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Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Kit Care Corporation 6358 Viscount Rd Mississauga ON L4V 1H3 416 243-3030 Fax: 416 243-3082 Toll-Free: 800 387-1858 Toll-Free Fax: 866 777-0787 kitcarecorp@kitcarecorp.com Web: www.kitcarecorp.com Pres Gerald J Yaffe SOS Emergency Response Technologies 126-160 Tycos Dr North York ON M6B 1W8 416 789-7689 Fax: 416 789-5470 Toll-Free: 888 645-8323 info@sostor.com Web: www.sostor.com Pres Terry Brown Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. WASIP Ltd. 3771 Victoria Park Ave Toronto ON M1W 3Z5 416 297-5020 Fax: 416 297-0109 Toll-Free: 800 268-3572 Toll-Free Fax: 800 263-9049 sales@wasip.com Web: www.wasip.com Sls Mgr Paul Brindley

First Aid Training Ambu Inc. 6740 Baymeadow Dr Glen Burnie MD 21060 410 768-6464 Fax: 800 262-8673 Toll-Free: 800 262-8462

Toll-Free Fax: 800 262-8673 Web: www.ambuUSA.com Promo Coord Michael Tyler St. John Ambulance National Office 400-1900 City Park Dr Ottawa ON K1J 1A3 613 236-7461 Fax: 613 236-2425 clientservices@nhq.sja.ca Web: www.sja.ca Dir-Training Mario D’Angelo SOS Emergency Response Technologies 126-160 Tycos Dr North York ON M6B 1W8 416 789-7689 Fax: 416 789-5470 Toll-Free: 888 645-8323 info@sostor.com Web: www.sostor.com Pres Terry Brown Workplace Medical Corp. 130 Wilson St Hamilton ON L8R 1E2 905 526-9744 Fax: 905 522-0425 Toll-Free: 800 263-9340 info@workplacemedical.com Web: www.workplacemedical.com Branch Office: WMC Mobile Hearing Testing Toronto, Ontario: 416 252-5885 Fax: 416 252-7090 info@wmcohs. com. Mgr Kevin Gow. Active Canadian Emergency Training Inc. Waterloo, Ontario: 800 205-3278 Fax: 877 799-7778 info@activecanadian.com.

Flame Resistant Clothing DuPont Personal Protection Box 22 Streetsville Mississauga ON L5M 2H3 7070 Mississauga Rd Mississauga ON L5N 5M8 Fax: 905 821-5057 Toll-Free: 800 387-2122 info@can.dupont.com Web: www.personalprotection.dupont.ca Mktg/Commun Mgr Lorne Strachan International Sew-Right Co. 6190 Don Murie St Niagara Falls ON L2E 6X8 905 374-3600 Fax: 905 374-6121 intsewright@safetyclothing.com Web: www.safetyclothingcanada.com Pres Lyse Moreau Lakeland Protective Wear, Inc. 59 Bury Crt Brantford ON N3S 0A9 519 757-0700 Fax: 519 757-0799 Toll-Free: 800 489-9131 sales-canada@lakeland.com Web: www.lakeland.com

NASCO Industries, Inc. PO Box 427 Washington IN 47501 3 N E 21st St 812 254-7393 Fax: 812 254-6476 Toll-Free: 800 767-4288 sales@nascoinc.com Web: www.nascoinc.com Dir-Mktg Andrew Wirts Ranpro Inc. PO Box 430 Simcoe ON N3Y 4L6 620 Ireland Rd 519 426-1094 Fax: 519 426-5313 Toll-Free: 877 744-0449 Toll-Free Fax: 888 272-6776 ranpro@ranpro.com Web: www.ranpro.com VP-Sls Andy Gallant Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. Vulcan FR 61 Hempstead Dr Hamilton ON L8W 2Z9 905 318-0845 Fax: 905 318-0761 info@nikoapparel.ca Web: www.vulcanfr.com Founder/Owner Joe Camillo

Footrests BioFit Engineered Products PO Box 109 Waterville OH 43566-0109 15500 Biofit Way Bowling Green OH 43402 419 823-1089 Fax: 419 823-1342 Toll-Free: 800 597-0246 biofit@biofit.com Web: www.BIOFIT.com Dir-Mktg Judy Kolo-Rose

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Foot-Cares 4998A Sixth Line RR 2 Acton ON L7J 2L8 647 236-2256 Toll-Free: 800 663-2550 michael@foot-cares.com Web: www.foot-cares.com Pres Michael T Glogowski

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Micwil Group of Companies Ltd. PO Box 9022 Saskatoon SK S7K 7E7 102 Wheeler St Saskatoon SK S7P 0A9 306 382-5995 Fax: 306 382-4995 Toll-Free: 866 335-3746 sales@ergocanada.com Web: www.ergocanada.com

Footwear, Slip-Resistant Foot-Cares 4998A Sixth Line RR 2 Acton ON L7J 2L8 647 236-2256 Toll-Free: 800 663-2550 michael@foot-cares.com Web: www.foot-cares.com Pres Michael T Glogowski

Fork Lift Training Achieve Technologies Ltd. 130-8191 Westminster Hwy Richmond BC V6X 1A7 604 272-9840 Toll-Free: 888 833-7233 questions@achieve-eds.com Web: www.achieve-eds.com Gen Mgr Norman Kerray Elite Training Company 102 Rawling Cres Brampton ON L6Z 1N8 905 846-5509 info@elite-training.ca Web: www.elite-training.ca

Functional Abilities Evaluation Capital Vocational Specialists Corp 304-2781 Lancaster Rd Ottawa ON K1B 1A7 613 736-9117 Fax: 613 736-9771 Toll-Free: 888 736-9117 information@cvs.ca Web: www.cvs.ca vpi Inc. Bldg 4 201-2600 Skymark Ave Mississauga ON L4W 5B2 905 624-3353 Fax: 905 624-3749 Toll-Free: 888 336-9500 Web: www.vpi-inc.com

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Alpha Controls and Instrumentation Inc. 6-361 Steelcase Rd W Markham ON L3R 3V8 905 477-2133 Fax: 905 477-4219 Toll-Free: 800 567-8686 alphasales@alphacontrols.com Web: www.alphacontrols.com Sls Mgr Marc Brand Avensys Inc. 422 Consumers Rd Toronto ON M2J 1P8 416 499-4421 Fax: 416 499-0816 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 888 965-4700 info@avensys.com Web: www.avensyssolutions.com Mktg/Comm Louise Clement

Gas Detector Tubes Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca

Gas Detectors Alpha Controls and Instrumentation Inc. 6-361 Steelcase Rd W Markham ON L3R 3V8 905 477-2133 Fax: 905 477-4219 Toll-Free: 800 567-8686 alphasales@alphacontrols.com Web: www.alphacontrols.com Sls Mgr Marc Brand

BW Technologies by Honeywell 2840 2 Ave SE Calgary AB T2A 7X9 403 248-9226 Fax: 403 273-3708 Toll-Free: 800 663-4164 info@gasmonitors.com Web: www.gasmonitors.com

Argus-Hazco A-6541 Mississauga Rd Mississauga ON L5N 1A6 905 858-3215 Fax: 905 858-3192 Toll-Free: 800 361-3201 info@argus-hazco.ca Web: www.argus-hazco.ca Gen Mgr Rose Calabrese

Gas Measurement Instruments Ltd. Inchinnan Business Park Renfrew PA4 9RG Scotland +44 141 812 3211 Fax: +44 141 812 7820 canadian.sales@gmiuk.com Web: www.gmiuk.com Mktg Coord Jane McLeod

BW Technologies by Honeywell 2840 2 Ave SE Calgary AB T2A 7X9 403 248-9226 Fax: 403 273-3708 Toll-Free: 800 663-4164 info@gasmonitors.com Web: www.gasmonitors.com

GfG Instrumentation, Inc. 20-1194 Oak Valley Dr Ann Arbor MI 48180 734 769-0573 Fax: 734 769-1888 Toll-Free: 800 959-0329 info@gfg-inc.com Web: www.gfg-inc.com Mktg Mgr Paula Shovels

CEA Instruments, Inc. 160 Tillman St Westwood NJ 07675 201 967-5660 Fax: 201 967-8450 Toll-Free: 888 893-9640 ceainstr@aol.com Web: www.ceainstr.com VP-Sls/Mktg Steven Adelman

Industrial Scientific Corp. 140-120 Pembina Rd Sherwood Park AB T8H 0M2 780 467-2423 Fax: 780 467-2105 Toll-Free: 800 338-3287 info@indsci.com Web: www.indsci.com

Critical Environment Technologies Canada Inc. 145-7391 Vantage Way Delta BC V4G 1M3 604 940-8741 Fax: 604 940-8745 Toll-Free: 877 940-8741 marketing@cetci.com Web: www.critical-environment.com Gen Mgr Frank Britton

Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca

Enmet Canada Ltd. – Div. of Arjay Engineering 2851 Brighton Rd Oakville ON L6H 6C9 905 829-2418 Fax: 905 829-4701 Toll-Free: 800 387-9487 arjay@arjayeng.com Web: www.arjayeng.com Mgr Greg Reeves Gas Measurement Instruments Ltd. Inchinnan Business Park Renfrew PA4 9RG Scotland +44 141 812 3211 Fax: +44 141 812 7820 canadian.sales@gmiuk.com Web: www.gmiuk.com Mktg Coord Jane McLeod GfG Instrumentation, Inc. 20-1194 Oak Valley Dr Ann Arbor MI 48180 734 769-0573 Fax: 734 769-1888 Toll-Free: 800 959-0329 info@gfg-inc.com Web: www.gfg-inc.com Mktg Mgr Paula Shovels Graywolf Sensing Solutions 6 Research Dr Shelton CT 06484 203 402-0477 Fax: 203 402-0478 Toll-Free: 800 218-7997 salesteam@graywolfsensing.com Web: www.graywolfsensing.com Mktg/Graphics Admin Denise Gagne Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Industrial Scientific Corp. 140-120 Pembina Rd Sherwood Park AB T8H 0M2 780 467-2423 Fax: 780 467-2105 Toll-Free: 800 338-3287 info@indsci.com Web: www.indsci.com Kanomax USA, Inc. 219 US Highway 206 Andover NJ 07821 973 786-6386 Fax: 973 786-7586 Toll-Free: 800 247-8887 info@kanomax-usa.com Web: www.kanomax-usa.com Lineman’s Testing Laboratories of Canada Limited 41 Rivalda Rd Toronto ON M9M 2M4 416 742-6911 Fax: 416 748-0290 Toll-Free: 800 299-9769 main@ltl.ca Web: www.ltl.ca Sys/Internal Ops Mgr Sandra Barker

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Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com Novatech 25-4120 Ridgeway Dr Mississauga ON L5L 5S9 905 569-9814 Fax: 905 569-7095 Toll-Free: 800 465-5374 info@novatech.ca Web: www.novatech.ca Reg Mgr Matt Welland RKI Instruments, Inc. 33248 Central Ave Union City CA 94587-2010 510 441-5656 Fax: 510 441-5650 Toll-Free: 800 754-5165 john@rkiinstruments.com Web: www.rkiinstruments.com Sr Application Engr John Villalovos Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

Gas Masks Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com

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Glasses, Safety 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Canadian Association of Optometrists 234 Argyle Ave Ottawa ON K2P 1B9 613 235-7924 Fax: 613 235-2025 Toll-Free: 888 263-4676 ovp@opto.ca Web: www.opto.ca Dir Douglas Dean CHUMS Inc. 2424 South 2570 West Salt Lake City UT 84119 801 972-5656 Fax: 435 635-4752 Toll-Free: 800 855-4555 safety@chums.com Web: www.chumssafety.com Sls Mgr Suzanne Winger Degil Safety Products Inc. 1-200 Zenway Blvd Vaughan ON L4H 0L6 905 856-1511 Fax: 905 856-1694 Toll-Free: 800 332-1810 Toll-Free Fax: 800 304-9629 degil@degilsafety.com Web: www.degilsafety.com Dir-Mktg Marlon Tanner

F.O. Safefy Eyewear Inc. 6-1731 Ross Ave Regina SK S4N 7K2 Fax: 403 580-8190 Toll-Free: 855 527-3661 ck.optiksintl@shaw.ca Web: www.fosafetyeyewear.ca VP-Bus Dev Charlotte Kessler

F.O. Safety Eyewear Inc is a leading supplier of prescription and non-prescription safety eyewear. We provide everything from the traditional ONGuard frames to the latest in WileyX sealed /close fitting eyewear. We use digital polycarbonate hardcoated safety lenses in all prescription eyewear to ensure our clients receive the highest quality lenses. Our wholly owned state-of-the-art digital manufacturing lab allows us to provide this product at incredibly competitive pricing. Our 15+ retail locations throughout Western Canada, many other locations where we have contracted Opticians and the ability to provide our clients onsite fittings ensures that we are able to fully service almost any client. We use our vast experience and knowledge to create custom Programs for each individual client to ensure that we fulfill your needs. In short, we are a full service safety eyewear provider. For details or a customized proposal, contact Charlotte Kessler at 1-855-527-3661.

Gateway Safety, Inc. 11111 Memphis Ave Cleveland OH 44144 216 889-2000 Fax: 216 889-1200 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 822-5347 info@gatewaysafety.com Web: www.gatewaysafety.com Mktg Mgr Matthew J Love

Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com

Uvex by Honeywell 10 Thurber Blvd Smithfield RI 02917 800 682-0839 Fax: 401 232-0547 marketingservices@sperian.com Web: www.uvex.us

Marigold Industrial Inc. 100 Courtland Ave Concord ON L4K 3T6 905 669-1202 Fax: 905 669-1704 Toll-Free: 866 669-1202 Toll-Free Fax: 866 669-1704 Web: www.marigoldindustrial.com Sls/Mktg Mgr Rick Kernaghan

Wayne Safety Inc. 1250 Sheppard Ave W Toronto ON M3K 2A6 416 661-1100 Fax: 416 661-3447 Toll-Free: 800 387-3713 ws-sales@waynesafety.com Web: www.waynesafety.com Mgr Aaron Nisker

Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com

Zenith Safety Products 20701 ch Ste-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 866 457-1163 Toll-Free Fax: 866 457-1164 info@zenithsafety.com Web: www.zenithsafety.com

Saf-T-Gard International, Inc. 205 Huehl Rd Northbrook IL 60062 847 291-1600 Fax: 847 291-1610 Toll-Free: 800 548-4273 Toll-Free Fax: 888 548-4273 safety@saftgard.com Web: www.saftgard.com Pres Richard Rivkin Tek Canada Optical Inc. 127-4096 Meadowbrook Dr London ON N6L 1G4 519 652-8800 Fax: 519 652-5008 Toll-Free: 888 565-5854 sales@tekoptical.com Web: www.tekoptical.com Pres Travis Rowe Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910

Gloves Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. Wayne Safety Inc. 1250 Sheppard Ave W Toronto ON M3K 2A6 416 661-1100 Fax: 416 661-3447

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Gloves, Disposable Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Marigold Industrial Inc. 100 Courtland Ave Concord ON L4K 3T6 905 669-1202 Fax: 905 669-1704 Toll-Free: 866 669-1202 Toll-Free Fax: 866 669-1704 Web: www.marigoldindustrial.com Sls/Mktg Mgr Rick Kernaghan Ronco Protective Products 267 North Rivermede Rd Concord ON L4K 3N7 905 660-6700 Fax: 905 660-6903 Toll-Free: 877 663-7735 ronco@ronco.ca Web: www.ronco.ca Mktg Mgr Vani Kshattriya

Showa – Best Glove Mfg. Ltd. 253 rue Michaud Coaticook QC J1A 1A9 819 849-6381 Fax: 819 849-6120 Toll-Free: 800 565-2378 info@showabest.ca Web: www.showabestglove.com Watson Gloves 7955 North Fraser Way Burnaby BC V5J 0A4 604 874-1105 Fax: 604 875-9009 Toll-Free: 800 663-9509 sales@watsongloves.com Web: www.watsongloves.com Mktg Mgr Michele Moore Wayne Safety Inc. 1250 Sheppard Ave W Toronto ON M3K 2A6 416 661-1100 Fax: 416 661-3447 Toll-Free: 800 387-3713 ws-sales@waynesafety.com Web: www.waynesafety.com Mgr Aaron Nisker Zenith Safety Products 20701 ch Ste-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 866 457-1163

Toll-Free Fax: 866 457-1164 info@zenithsafety.com Web: www.zenithsafety.com

Gloves, Protective Ansell Canada Inc. 105 rue Lauder Cowansville QC J2K 2K8 450 266-1850 Fax: 450 266-6130 Toll-Free: 800 363-8340 serviceclientcanada@ansell.com Web: www.ansellcanada.ca Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Jomac Canada Inc. 10 rue Bachelder Stanstead QC J0B 3E2 819 876-7531 Fax: 819 876-5361 Toll-Free: 800 567-2765 ebelgen@jomaccanada.com Web: www.jomaccanada.com Dir-Mktg Elif Belgen

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Lineman’s Testing Laboratories of Canada Limited 41 Rivalda Rd Toronto ON M9M 2M4 416 742-6911 Fax: 416 748-0290 Toll-Free: 800 299-9769 main@ltl.ca Web: www.ltl.ca Sys/Internal Ops Mgr Sandra Barker Marigold Industrial Inc. 100 Courtland Ave Concord ON L4K 3T6 905 669-1202 Fax: 905 669-1704 Toll-Free: 866 669-1202 Toll-Free Fax: 866 669-1704 Web: www.marigoldindustrial.com Sls/Mktg Mgr Rick Kernaghan

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Ranpro Inc. PO Box 430 Simcoe ON N3Y 4L6 620 Ireland Rd 519 426-1094 Fax: 519 426-5313 Toll-Free: 877 744-0449 Toll-Free Fax: 888 272-6776 ranpro@ranpro.com Web: www.ranpro.com VP-Sls Andy Gallant Ronco Protective Products 267 North Rivermede Rd Concord ON L4K 3N7 905 660-6700 Fax: 905 660-6903 Toll-Free: 877 663-7735 ronco@ronco.ca Web: www.ronco.ca Mktg Mgr Vani Kshattriya Saf-T-Gard International, Inc. 205 Huehl Rd Northbrook IL 60062 847 291-1600 Fax: 847 291-1610 Toll-Free: 800 548-4273 Toll-Free Fax: 888 548-4273 safety@saftgard.com Web: www.saftgard.com Pres Richard Rivkin Showa – Best Glove Mfg. Ltd. 253 rue Michaud Coaticook QC J1A 1A9 819 849-6381 Fax: 819 849-6120 Toll-Free: 800 565-2378 info@showabest.ca Web: www.showabestglove.com Superior Glove Works Ltd. 36 Vimy St Acton ON L7J 1S1 519 853-1920 Fax: 519 853-4496 Toll-Free: 800 265-7617 sales@superiorglove.com Web: www.superiorglove.com Natl Sls Mgr Frank MacDonald Watson Gloves 7955 North Fraser Way Burnaby BC V5J 0A4 604 874-1105 Fax: 604 875-9009 Toll-Free: 800 663-9509 sales@watsongloves.com Web: www.watsongloves.com Mktg Mgr Michele Moore Wayne Safety Inc. 1250 Sheppard Ave W Toronto ON M3K 2A6 416 661-1100 Fax: 416 661-3447 Toll-Free: 800 387-3713 ws-sales@waynesafety.com Web: www.waynesafety.com Mgr Aaron Nisker

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Zenith Safety Products 20701 ch Ste-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 866 457-1163 Toll-Free Fax: 866 457-1164 info@zenithsafety.com Web: www.zenithsafety.com

Fax: 414 355-9248 Toll-Free: 800 456-0600 info@ritehite.com Web: www.ritehite.com Mktg Mgr Tiffany Weigand

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Deb Canada 42 Thompson Rd W Waterford ON N0E 1Y0 519 443-8697 Fax: 519 443-5160 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 888 332-7627 Toll-Free Fax: 800 567-1652 debcanada@debcanada.com Web: www.debgroup.com

3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com Uvex by Honeywell 10 Thurber Blvd Smithfield RI 02917 800 682-0839 Fax: 401 232-0547 marketingservices@sperian.com Web: www.uvex.us Zenith Safety Products 20701 ch Ste-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 866 457-1163 Toll-Free Fax: 866 457-1164 info@zenithsafety.com Web: www.zenithsafety.com

Guarding, Machine BlueWater Mfg., Inc. 4064 Peavey Rd Chaska MN 55318 952 448-2935 Fax: 952 448-3685 Toll-Free: 866 933-2935 info@bluewater-mfg.com Web: www.bluewater-mfg.com Pres Greg Kenton Ideal Shield, L.L.C. PO Box 09210 Detroit MI 48209 2525 Clark St 313 842-7290 Fax: 313 842-7860 Toll-Free: 888 731-1722 info@idealshield.com Web: www.idealshield.com Rite-Hite 8900 North Arbon Dr Milwaukee WI 53223 414 355-2600

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STOKO® Skin Care/Evonik Stockhausen, Inc. 2401 Doyle St Greensboro NC 27406 Fax: 336 333-7512 Toll-Free: 800 334-0242 stoko-us@evonik.com Web: www.stokoskincare.com Mktg Comm/Event Spec Myra W Montgomery Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

Hard Hats 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Bullard 1898 Safety Way Cynthiana KY 40514 Fax: 859 234-8987 Toll-Free: 877 285-5273 info@bullard.com Web: www.bullard.com Mktg/Commun Mgr Deborah Puracchio

Degil Safety Products Inc. 1-200 Zenway Blvd Vaughan ON L4H 0L6 905 856-1511 Fax: 905 856-1694 Toll-Free: 800 332-1810 Toll-Free Fax: 800 304-9629 degil@degilsafety.com Web: www.degilsafety.com Dir-Mktg Marlon Tanner Gateway Safety, Inc. 11111 Memphis Ave Cleveland OH 44144 216 889-2000 Fax: 216 889-1200 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 822-5347 info@gatewaysafety.com Web: www.gatewaysafety.com Mktg Mgr Matthew J Love Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com Sellstrom Manufacturing Co. 2050 Hammond Drive Schaumburg IL 60173 847 358-2000 Fax: 847 358-8564 Toll-Free: 800 323-7402 sellstrom@sellstrom.com Web: www.sellstrom.com Mktg Coord Amy Donahue Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

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Hazardous Materials Management Air Earth & Water Environmental Consultants Ltd. 423 Ireland Rd Simcoe ON N3Y 5J1 519 426-7019 Fax: 519 426-5035 lovegrove@kwic.com Web: www.airearthandwater.ca Pres Robert Lovegrove Clean Harbors Environmental Services 4090 Telfer Rd RR 1 Corunna ON N0N 1G0 519 864-1021 Fax: 519 864-3865 Toll-Free: 800 485-6695 customerservice@cleanharbors.com Web: www.cleanharbors.com ENPAC LLC 34355 Vokes Dr Eastlake OH 44095 440 975-0070 Fax: 440 975-0047 Toll-Free: 800 936-7229 Toll-Free Fax: 800 993-6722 Web: www.enpac.com VP-Sls/Mktg Brian Walters

Fax: 514 637-8804 Toll-Free: 800 361-9432 info@vytac.com Web: www.cartierchem.com Pres/Mgr-VYTAC Div Bill Robins Clean Harbors Environmental Services 4090 Telfer Rd RR 1 Corunna ON N0N 1G0 519 864-1021 Fax: 519 864-3865 Toll-Free: 800 485-6695 customerservice@cleanharbors.com Web: www.cleanharbors.com

Health & Safety Database Collections/ Management Debolt Data Depository 10818 Jasper Ave Box 35046, Midtown Post Office Edmonton AB T5J 0B7 780 428-4992 Fax: 780 633-4025 info@deboltdata.com Web: www.deboltdata.com Sls Mgr Paul J Cachia

Bellwood Health Services Inc. 1020 McNicoll Ave Scarborough ON M1W 2J6 416 495-0926 Fax: 416 495-7943 Toll-Free: 800 387-6198 info@bellwood.ca Web: www.bellwood.ca Clin Dir Susan McGrail

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Canadian Centre For Occupational Health & Safety (CCOHS) 135 Hunter St E Hamilton ON L8N 1M5 905 572-2981 Fax: 905 572-2206 Toll-Free: 800 668-4284 clientservices@ccohs.ca Web: www.ccohs.ca

ASI Health Services 100 – 4950 Alpha Rd Addison TX 75001 100- 4885 Alpha Rd Dallas TX 75244 972 458-0202 Fax: 972 458-0234 Toll-Free: 800 766-5167 ctolley@asihealthservices.com Web: www.asihealthservices.com

Pinchin Environmental Ltd. 2470 Milltower Crt Mississauga ON L5N 7W5 905 363-0678 Fax: 905 363-0681 Toll-Free: 888 767-3330 info@pinchin.com Web: www.pinchin.com CRM/Events Coord José Barinque

Bellwood Health Services Inc. 1020 McNicoll Ave Scarborough ON M1W 2J6 416 495-0926 Fax: 416 495-7943 Toll-Free: 800 387-6198 info@bellwood.ca Web: www.bellwood.ca Clin Dir Susan McGrail

Veolia ES Canada Services Industriels Inc. 1705 3e Av Montréal QC H1B 5M9 514 645-1621 Fax: 514 645-5133 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 888 778-6699 Info-Veolia@VeoliaSE.com Web: www.Veoliase.com

Canadian Association of Optometrists 234 Argyle Ave Ottawa ON K2P 1B9 613 235-7924 Fax: 613 235-2025 Toll-Free: 888 263-4676 ovp@opto.ca Web: www.opto.ca Dir Douglas Dean

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F.O. Safefy Eyewear Inc. 6-1731 Ross Ave Regina SK S4N 7K2 Fax: 403 580-8190 Toll-Free: 855 527-3661 ck.optiksintl@shaw.ca Web: www.fosafetyeyewear.ca VP-Bus Dev Charlotte Kessler

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Health, Occupational ASI Health Services 100 – 4950 Alpha Rd Addison TX 75001 100- 4885 Alpha Rd Dallas TX 75244 972 458-0202 Fax: 972 458-0234 Toll-Free: 800 766-5167 ctolley@asihealthservices.com Web: www.asihealthservices.com

LEX Scientific Inc. 204-2 Quebec St Guelph ON N1H 2T3 519 824-7082 Ext. 223 Fax: 519 824-5784 Toll-Free: 800 824-7082 Ext. 223 admin@lexscientific.com Web: www.lexscientific.com Dir Michael Hoffbauer

Cartier Chemicals Ltd. 2610A boul J.B. Deschamps Lachine QC H8T 1C8 514 637-4631

Foot-Cares 4998A Sixth Line RR 2 Acton ON L7J 2L8 647 236-2256 Toll-Free: 800 663-2550 michael@foot-cares.com Web: www.foot-cares.com Pres Michael T Glogowski

The Doctor’s Office, MCIOccupational Health Services 200-160 Eglinton Ave Toronto ON M4P 3B5 416 440-4040 Ext. 437 Fax: 416 440-4014 occhealth@mcimed.com Web: www.mcimed.com Natl Mgr OHealth Serv Chona Rosello Workplace Medical Corp. 130 Wilson St Hamilton ON L8R 1E2 905 526-9744 Fax: 905 522-0425 Toll-Free: 800 263-9340 info@workplacemedical.com Web: www.workplacemedical.com Branch Office: WMC Mobile Hearing Testing Toronto, Ontario: 416 252-5885 Fax: 416 252-7090 info@wmcohs. com. Mgr Kevin Gow. Active Canadian Emergency Training Inc. Waterloo, Ontario: 800 205-3278 Fax: 877 799-7778 info@activecanadian.com.

Hearing Protection 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840

Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Bertrand Johnson Acoustics Inc. 302-5995 boul Gouin O Montréal QC H4J 2P8 514 332-2050; (Customer Service) 514 335-3021. Fax: 514 339-1057 Toll-Free: 800 363-0958 info@bjainc.com Web: www.bjainc.com Pres Ninon Bertrand Electro-Medical Instrument Co. 1-2359 Royal Windsor Dr Mississauga ON L5J 4S9 905 822-3188 Fax: 905 822-9920 Toll-Free: 800 263-6430 emi-canada@bellnet.ca Web: www.emi-canada.com Cust Support/Serv Mgr Rick Cameron Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Howard Leight by Honeywell 7828 Waterville Rd San Diego CA 92154 Fax: 401 232-3110 Toll-Free: 800 430-5490 hearingconservation@howardleight.com Web: www.howardleight.com Saf-T-Gard International, Inc. 205 Huehl Rd Northbrook IL 60062 847 291-1600 Fax: 847 291-1610 Toll-Free: 800 548-4273 Toll-Free Fax: 888 548-4273 safety@saftgard.com Web: www.saftgard.com Pres Richard Rivkin Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

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Wayne Safety Inc. 1250 Sheppard Ave W Toronto ON M3K 2A6 416 661-1100 Fax: 416 661-3447 Toll-Free: 800 387-3713 ws-sales@waynesafety.com Web: www.waynesafety.com Mgr Aaron Nisker

Hearing Testing ASI Health Services 100 – 4950 Alpha Rd Addison TX 75001 100- 4885 Alpha Rd Dallas TX 75244 972 458-0202 Fax: 972 458-0234 Toll-Free: 800 766-5167 ctolley@asihealthservices.com Web: www.asihealthservices.com Electro-Medical Instrument Co. 1-2359 Royal Windsor Dr Mississauga ON L5J 4S9 905 822-3188 Fax: 905 822-9920 Toll-Free: 800 263-6430 emi-canada@bellnet.ca Web: www.emi-canada.com Cust Support/Serv Mgr Rick Cameron Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Workplace Medical Corp. 130 Wilson St Hamilton ON L8R 1E2 905 526-9744 Fax: 905 522-0425 Toll-Free: 800 263-9340 info@workplacemedical.com Web: www.workplacemedical.com Branch Office: WMC Mobile Hearing Testing Toronto, Ontario: 416 252-5885 Fax: 416 252-7090 info@wmcohs. com. Mgr Kevin Gow. Active Canadian Emergency Training Inc. Waterloo, Ontario: 800 205-3278 Fax: 877 799-7778 info@activecanadian.com.

Heat Stress Monitors 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Concept Controls Inc. 1-2315 30th Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 7C7 403 208-1065 Fax: 403 250-1011 Toll-Free: 888 207-2212 sales@conceptcontrols.com Web: www.conceptcontrols.com

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Heat Stress, Drinks, Equipment Dentec Safety Specialists, Inc. 100 Harry Walker Pkwy N Newmarket ON L3Y 7B2 905 953-9946 Fax: 905 953-8351 Toll-Free: 888 533-6832 Toll-Free Fax: 888 953-9946 dentec@dentecsafety.com Web: www.dentecsafety.com Pres Claudio Dente Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

High Visibility Apparel 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600

Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio

aretesafety@arete.ca Web: www.arete.ca

American Safety Vest 37 Eastern Ave East Providence RI 02914 401 435-0200 Fax: 401 434-2299 madison@americansafetyvest.com Web: www.americansafetyvest.com Cust Serv Mgr Madison Castle

Beyond Rewards Inc. 218 Silvercreek Pkwy N Unit 17A Suite 327 Guelph ON N1H 8E8 57 Rochelle Dr Guelph ON N1K 1L1 519 821-7440 Fax: 519 821-7680 Toll-Free: 877 423-4927 info@beyondrewards.ca Web: www.beyondrewards.ca Pres Lynne Bard

International Sew-Right Co. 6190 Don Murie St Niagara Falls ON L2E 6X8 905 374-3600 Fax: 905 374-6121 intsewright@safetyclothing.com Web: www.safetyclothingcanada.com Pres Lyse Moreau Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. Vulcan FR 61 Hempstead Dr Hamilton ON L8W 2Z9 905 318-0845 Fax: 905 318-0761 info@nikoapparel.ca Web: www.vulcanfr.com Founder/Owner Joe Camillo Zenith Safety Products 20701 ch Ste-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 866 457-1163 Toll-Free Fax: 866 457-1164 info@zenithsafety.com Web: www.zenithsafety.com

Human Resources Management ARETE Safety 204-2323 Quebec St Vancouver BC V5T 4S7 604 732-1799 Fax: 604 732-1798 Toll-Free: 877 337-1122

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP First Canadian Place 100 King St W Toronto ON M5X 1G5 416 862-3580 Fax: 416 862-7661 Toll-Free: 866 862-5787 Ext. 3580 norm.keith@gowlings.com Web: www.gowlings.com/ohslaw Partner Norm Keith

Hygiene ArjoHuntleigh Canada Inc. C-1575 South Gateway Rd Mississauga ON L4W 5J1 800 665-4831 Fax: 800 309-1116 Toll-Free: 800 665-4831 Toll-Free Fax: 800 309-1116 Info.Canada@ArjoHuntleigh.com Web: www.ArjoHuntleigh.com

Identification Products Accuform Signs 16228 Flight Path Dr Brooksville FL 34604 352 799-5434 Toll-Free: 800 237-1001 Toll-Free Fax: 800 394-4001 customerservice@accuform.com Web: www.accuform.com Mktg/Social Media Spec Jim Redmile K-Sun Corporation PO Box 309 Somerset WI 54025 370 SMC Dr 715 247-4440 Fax: 715 247-4003 Toll-Free: 800 622-6312 Toll-Free Fax: 800 522-9108 info@ksun.com Web: www.ksun.com Dir Linda Law Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999.

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Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

Impact/Vibration Protection Zenith Safety Products 20701 ch Ste-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 866 457-1163 Toll-Free Fax: 866 457-1164 info@zenithsafety.com Web: www.zenithsafety.com

Incentives & Promotions American Safety Vest 37 Eastern Ave East Providence RI 02914 401 435-0200 Fax: 401 434-2299 madison@americansafetyvest.com Web: www.americansafetyvest.com Cust Serv Mgr Madison Castle CHUMS Inc. 2424 South 2570 West Salt Lake City UT 84119 801 972-5656 Fax: 435 635-4752 Toll-Free: 800 855-4555 safety@chums.com Web: www.chumssafety.com Sls Mgr Suzanne Winger Peavey Performance Systems/ Safety Jackpot 10749 W 84th Terrace Lenexa KS 66214 913 888-0600 Fax: 913 495-6757 Toll-Free: 800 235-2495 info@safetyjackpot.com Web: www.safetyjackpot.com Sls Mgr Pat Tracy

Independent Medical Evaluations vpi Inc. Bldg 4 201-2600 Skymark Ave Mississauga ON L4W 5B2 905 624-3353 Fax: 905 624-3749 Toll-Free: 888 336-9500 Web: www.vpi-inc.com

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Infection Control Products ArjoHuntleigh Canada Inc. C-1575 South Gateway Rd Mississauga ON L4W 5J1 800 665-4831 Fax: 800 309-1116 Toll-Free: 800 665-4831 Toll-Free Fax: 800 309-1116 Info.Canada@ArjoHuntleigh.com Web: www.ArjoHuntleigh.com Deb Canada 42 Thompson Rd W Waterford ON N0E 1Y0 519 443-8697 Fax: 519 443-5160 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 888 332-7627 Toll-Free Fax: 800 567-1652 debcanada@debcanada.com Web: www.debgroup.com

Instrumentation Alpha Controls and Instrumentation Inc. 6-361 Steelcase Rd W Markham ON L3R 3V8 905 477-2133 Fax: 905 477-4219 Toll-Free: 800 567-8686 alphasales@alphacontrols.com Web: www.alphacontrols.com Sls Mgr Marc Brand American Slip Meter, Inc. 720 N Indiana Avenue Englewood FL 34223 941 681-2431 Fax: 941 681-2487 Toll-Free: 800 299-2039 info@americanslipmeter.com Web: www.americanslipmeter.com Pres Bill Stephenson Avensys Inc. 422 Consumers Rd Toronto ON M2J 1P8 416 499-4421 Fax: 416 499-0816 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 888 965-4700 info@avensys.com Web: www.avensyssolutions.com Mktg/Comm Louise Clement

Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca

Electro-Medical Instrument Co. 1-2359 Royal Windsor Dr Mississauga ON L5J 4S9 905 822-3188 Fax: 905 822-9920 Toll-Free: 800 263-6430 emi-canada@bellnet.ca Web: www.emi-canada.com Cust Support/Serv Mgr Rick Cameron

Gas Measurement Instruments Ltd. Inchinnan Business Park Renfrew PA4 9RG Scotland +44 141 812 3211 Fax: +44 141 812 7820 canadian.sales@gmiuk.com Web: www.gmiuk.com Mktg Coord Jane McLeod GENEQ Inc. 10700 Secant St. Montréal QC H1J 1S5 514 354-2511 Fax: 514 354-6948 Toll-Free: 800 463-4363 info@geneq.com Web: www.geneq.com Pres Maurice Parisé Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com Novatech 25-4120 Ridgeway Dr Mississauga ON L5L 5S9 905 569-9814 Fax: 905 569-7095 Toll-Free: 800 465-5374 info@novatech.ca Web: www.novatech.ca Reg Mgr Matt Welland

Job Site Analysis/ Physical Demands Analysis Capital Vocational Specialists Corp 304-2781 Lancaster Rd Ottawa ON K1B 1A7 613 736-9117 Fax: 613 736-9771 Toll-Free: 888 736-9117 information@cvs.ca Web: www.cvs.ca Workplace Safety and Wellness Solutions 11-167 Applewood Cr Vaughan ON L4K 4K7 416 270-3181 Fax: 905 597-0116 info@workplacesafety-ontario.com Web: www.workplacesafety-ontario.com Occup Ther Anna Mathrosov

Knives, Safety Martor USA 29-1235 S Kimps Crt Green Bay WI 54313 920 662-9646 Fax: 920 662-9648 info@martorusa.com Web: www.martorusa.com OLFA – North America 6589 Avalon Blvd Avon IN 46123 2600 Stanley Ave Niagara Falls ON L2E 6T3 Toll-Free: 800 962-6532

BUYERS’ GUIDE 2013 Toll-Free Fax: 866 800-6532 olfainformation@worldkitchen.com Web: www.olfa.com Mktg Mgr Carl Cottrell OLFA – North America – Div. of World Kitchen, LLC 400-5500 North Pearl St Rosemont IL 60018 Toll-Free: 800 962-6532 Toll-Free Fax: 866 509-9902 olfainformation@worldkitchen.com Web: www.olfa.com The Safety Knife Company 7948 Park Dr St. Louis MO 63117 314 645-3900 Fax: 314 645-0728 sales@safetyknife.us.com Web: www.safetyknife.net/ Dir-Mktg Laura Wissman

Laboratory Services Airzone One Ltd. 222 Matheson Blvd E Mississauga ON L4Z 1X1 905 890-6957 Fax: 905 890-8629 info@airzoneone.com Web: www.airzoneone.com Consultant Charles Geen Dell Tech Laboratories Ltd. 220-100 Collip Cir London ON N6G 4X8 519 858-5021 Fax: 519 858-5026 delltech@delltech.com Web: www.delltech.com Pres Stephen Chambers LEX Scientific Inc. 204-2 Quebec St Guelph ON N1H 2T3 519 824-7082 Ext. 223 Fax: 519 824-5784 Toll-Free: 800 824-7082 Ext. 223 admin@lexscientific.com Web: www.lexscientific.com Dir Michael Hoffbauer Pinchin Environmental Ltd. 2470 Milltower Crt Mississauga ON L5N 7W5 905 363-0678 Fax: 905 363-0681 Toll-Free: 888 767-3330 info@pinchin.com Web: www.pinchin.com CRM/Events Coord José Barinque

Law, Environmental EcoLog ERIS 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2T5 416 510-5204 Fax: 416 510-5133 Toll-Free: 866 517-5204 Toll-Free Fax: 866 251-8611

info@eris.ca Web: www.eris.ca Rsch/Dev Mgr Mark Mattei LexisNexis Canada Inc. 700-123 Commerce Valley Dr E Markham ON L3T 7W8 905 479-2665 Fax: 905 479-2826 Toll-Free: 800 668-6481 Toll-Free Fax: 800 461-3275 info@lexisnexis.ca Web: www.lexisnexis.ca VP-Sls Antoine Shiu

Law, OH&S, WCB Carswell, a Thomson Reuters Business One Corporate Plaza 2075 Kennedy Rd Scarborough ON M1T 3V4 416 609-3800 Toll-Free: 800 387-5164 Toll-Free Fax: 877 750-9041 Web: www.carswell.com LexisNexis Canada Inc. 700-123 Commerce Valley Dr E Markham ON L3T 7W8 905 479-2665 Fax: 905 479-2826 Toll-Free: 800 668-6481 Toll-Free Fax: 800 461-3275 info@lexisnexis.ca Web: www.lexisnexis.ca VP-Sls Antoine Shiu Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP 3600-155 Wellington St W Toronto ON M5V 3H1 416 862-8280 Fax: 416 862-8247 Toll-Free: 800 411-2900 info@mathewsdinsdale.com Web: www.mathewsdinsdale.com Partner Mark D Mills Stringer LLP, Management Lawyers 1100-110 Yonge St Toronto ON M5C 1T4 416 862-1616 Fax: 416 363-7358 Toll-Free: 866 821-7306 info@stringerllp.com Web: www.stringerllp.com

Lead Abatement Lakeland Protective Wear, Inc. 59 Bury Crt Brantford ON N3S 0A9 519 757-0700 Fax: 519 757-0799 Toll-Free: 800 489-9131 sales-canada@lakeland.com Web: www.lakeland.com

Legislation Carswell, a Thomson Reuters Business One Corporate Plaza 2075 Kennedy Rd Scarborough ON M1T 3V4

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416 609-3800 Toll-Free: 800 387-5164 Toll-Free Fax: 877 750-9041 Web: www.carswell.com EcoLog Legislation and EcoLog Legislative Monitoring Service 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2S9 416 442-5600 Ext. 3570 Toll-Free: 888 702-1111 Ext. 8 llubka@ecolog.com Web: www.ecolog.com Sls/Mktg Rep Dan Bond LexisNexis Canada Inc. 700-123 Commerce Valley Dr E Markham ON L3T 7W8 905 479-2665 Fax: 905 479-2826 Toll-Free: 800 668-6481 Toll-Free Fax: 800 461-3275 info@lexisnexis.ca Web: www.lexisnexis.ca VP-Sls Antoine Shiu

Lens Cleaners CHUMS Inc. 2424 South 2570 West Salt Lake City UT 84119 801 972-5656 Fax: 435 635-4752 Toll-Free: 800 855-4555 safety@chums.com Web: www.chumssafety.com Sls Mgr Suzanne Winger Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. Zenith Safety Products 20701 ch Ste-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 866 457-1163 Toll-Free Fax: 866 457-1164 info@zenithsafety.com Web: www.zenithsafety.com

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ArjoHuntleigh Canada Inc. C-1575 South Gateway Rd Mississauga ON L4W 5J1 800 665-4831 Fax: 800 309-1116 Toll-Free: 800 665-4831 Toll-Free Fax: 800 309-1116 Info.Canada@ArjoHuntleigh.com Web: www.ArjoHuntleigh.com Jenalex Inc. – Ergonomic Products 1711-3230 Yonge St Toronto ON M4N 3P6 416 485-9487 Fax: 416 485-7417 Toll-Free: 800 536-2539 info@jenalex.ca Web: www.jenalex.ca Pres Hans Lofgreen Starquip Industrial Products Ltd. 4-40 Dynamic Dr Toronto ON M1V 2W2 416 286-7116 Fax: 416 286-8595 info@starquip.com Web: www.starquip.com Sec-Treas C Stella Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

Lighting, Explosion Proof Alpha Controls and Instrumentation Inc. 6-361 Steelcase Rd W Markham ON L3R 3V8 905 477-2133 Fax: 905 477-4219 Toll-Free: 800 567-8686 alphasales@alphacontrols.com Web: www.alphacontrols.com Sls Mgr Marc Brand

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EverGlow NA, Inc. PO Box 830 Matthews NC 28106-0830 1122 Industrial Dr 704 841-2580 Fax: 704 841-2582 Toll-Free: 866 744-4706 info@everglow.us Web: www.everglow.us Sls Mgr Charles V Barlow FoxFury Lighting Solutions 2091 Elevado Hills Dr Vista CA 92084 760 945-4231 Fax: 760 758-6283 fox@foxfury.com Web: www.foxfury.com Dir-Ops Andrea Cugini Lind Equipment Ltd. 90B Centurian Dr Markham ON L3R 8C4 905 475-5086 Fax: 905 475-4098 info@lindequipment.net Web: www.lindequipment.net Pres Brian Astl Shat-R-Shield, Inc. 116 Ryan Patrick Dr Salisbury NC 28147-5624 704 633-2100 Fax: 704 633-3420 Toll-Free: 800 248-4911 info1@shatrshield.com Web: www.shatrshield.com Sls/Mktg Asst Erin Noonan

Lockout Equipment Accuform Signs 16228 Flight Path Dr Brooksville FL 34604 352 799-5434 Toll-Free: 800 237-1001 Toll-Free Fax: 800 394-4001 customerservice@accuform.com Web: www.accuform.com Mktg/Social Media Spec Jim Redmile IDESCO Corp. 37 West 26th St New York NY 10010-1006 212 889-2530 Fax: 212 889-7033 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 336-1383 marketing@idesco.com Web: www.idesco.com Dir-Mktg Joel Hershkowitz Santronics, Inc. PO Box 192 Sanford NC 27331 3010 Lee Ave Sanford NC 27332-6210 919 775-1223 Fax: 919 777-2856 Toll-Free: 800 628-1632 info@santronicsinc.com Web: www.santronicsinc.com Sls Rep Barbara Robinson

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Stonehouse Signs, Inc. PO Box 546 Arvada CO 80001 5550 West 60th Ave Arvada CO 80003 303 422-2356 Fax: 303 467-1382 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 525-0456 Toll-Free Fax: 800 255-0883 sales@stonehousesigns.com Web: www.stonehousesigns.com Mktg Mgr Becky Roche Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. Unique Products Inc. 16865 110 Ave Edmonton AB T5P 1G8 780 974-7039 Fax: 780 444-0807 Toll-Free: 780 974-7039 Toll-Free Fax: 780 444-0807 upi@shaw.ca Web: www.e-zeelockouts.com Owner Pat Hanlon Zenith Safety Products 20701 ch Ste-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 866 457-1163 Toll-Free Fax: 866 457-1164 info@zenithsafety.com Web: www.zenithsafety.com

MSDS Management Authoring & Distribution Debolt Data Depository 10818 Jasper Ave Box 35046, Midtown Post Office Edmonton AB T5J 0B7 780 428-4992 Fax: 780 633-4025 info@deboltdata.com Web: www.deboltdata.com Sls Mgr Paul J Cachia

Dell Tech Laboratories Ltd. 220-100 Collip Cir London ON N6G 4X8 519 858-5021 Fax: 519 858-5026 delltech@delltech.com Web: www.delltech.com Pres Stephen Chambers

Material Handling Cattron – A Unit of Laird Technologies 5-6-150 Armstrong Ave Georgetown ON L7G 5G8 905 873-9440 Fax: 905 873-9449 sales@cattron.com Web: www.cattron.com Sr VP-Mktg Jim Kingerski Exair Corporation 11510 Goldcoast Dr Cincinnati OH 45249 513 671-3322 Fax: 513 671-3363 Toll-Free: 800 903-9247 techelp@exair.com Web: www.exair.com Justrite Mfg. Co., L.L.C. 300 – 2454 Dempster St Des Plaines IL 60016 847 298-9250 Fax: 847 298-9261 Toll-Free: 800 798-9250 Toll-Free Fax: 800 488-5877 justrite@justritemfg.com Web: www.justritemfg.com Osborn/JacksonLea 1 – 1100 Resource Dr Brooklyn Hts OH 44121 216 361-1900 Fax: 216 361-1913 Toll-Free: 800 720-3358 brushes@osborn.com Web: www.osborn.com Dir-Distrib/Natl Acct Todd Reasonover Rite-Hite 8900 North Arbon Dr Milwaukee WI 53223 414 355-2600 Fax: 414 355-9248 Toll-Free: 800 456-0600 info@ritehite.com Web: www.ritehite.com Mktg Mgr Tiffany Weigand Starquip Industrial Products Ltd. 4-40 Dynamic Dr Toronto ON M1V 2W2 416 286-7116 Fax: 416 286-8595 info@starquip.com Web: www.starquip.com Sec-Treas C Stella Strider-Resource PO Box 290 Bond Head ON L0G 1B0 5667 King Rd

Nobleton ON L0G 1N0 905 859-3901 Fax: 905 859-4345 service@strider-resource.com Web: www.strider-resource.com Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. Tractel Ltd. 11020 rue Mirabeau Anjou QC H1J 2S3 514 493-3332 Fax: 514 493-3342 Toll-Free: 800 561-3229 fallstop@tractel.com Web: www.tractel.com

Mats Cozy Products Sales Dept 300 N Oakley Blvd Chicago IL 60612 312 226-2473 Fax: 312 226-2480 Toll-Free: 800 662-5021 sales@cozy-products.com Web: www.cozy-products.com Mktg Asst Trunita Robinson Mul-T-Mat & Supply Co. 4-106 Rayette Rd Vaughan ON L4K 2G3 905 738-3171 Fax: 905 738-8792 Toll-Free: 800 567-6287 customerservice@mul-t-mat.com Web: www.mul-t-mat.com Pres Marvin Vader

Mats, Anti-Fatigue Ergomat Canada Inc. 70-3330 2e rue Saint-Hubert QC J3Y 8Y7 450 462-3201 Toll-Free: 877 374-6628 Toll-Free Fax: 800 357-2113 info@ergomat.com Web: www.ergomat.com

BUYERS’ GUIDE 2013 Jenalex Inc. – Ergonomic Products 1711-3230 Yonge St Toronto ON M4N 3P6 416 485-9487 Fax: 416 485-7417 Toll-Free: 800 536-2539 info@jenalex.ca Web: www.jenalex.ca Pres Hans Lofgreen Mul-T-Mat & Supply Co. 4-106 Rayette Rd Vaughan ON L4K 2G3 905 738-3171 Fax: 905 738-8792 Toll-Free: 800 567-6287 customerservice@mul-t-mat.com Web: www.mul-t-mat.com Pres Marvin Vader Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

Mats, Anti-slip Mul-T-Mat & Supply Co. 4-106 Rayette Rd Vaughan ON L4K 2G3 905 738-3171 Fax: 905 738-8792 Toll-Free: 800 567-6287 customerservice@mul-t-mat.com Web: www.mul-t-mat.com Pres Marvin Vader No Skidding Product Inc. 266 Wildcat Rd Toronto ON M3J 2N5 416 667-1788 Fax: 416 667-1783 Toll-Free: 800 375-0571 sales@noskidding.com Web: www.noskidding.com VP-Sls Leon Altman Safeguard Technology Inc. 1460 Miller Pkwy Streetsboro OH 44241-4640 330 995-5200 Fax: 330 995-5201 Toll-Free: 800 989-1695

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Canadian Occupational Health & Safety News Drive-80 Valleybrook North York ON M3B 2S9 416 510-6897 Fax: 416 510-5140 gburchell@ohscanada.com EcoLog Legislation and EcoLog Legislative Monitoring Service 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2S9 416 442-5600 Ext. 3570 Toll-Free: 888 702-1111 Ext. 8 llubka@ecolog.com Web: www.ecolog.com Sls/Mktg Rep Dan Bond EcoLog News 80 Valleybrook Dr North York ON M3B 2S9 416 442-5600 Ext. 3570 Fax: 416 510-5133 llubka@ecolog.com Web: www.ecolog.com Sls/Mktg Rep Dan Bond

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Noise Control Atco Structures & Logistics Ltd. 5115 Crowchild Trail SW Calgary AB T3E 1T9 403 292-7600 Fax: 403 292-7603 Toll-Free: 800 575-2826 atco@atcosl.com Web: www.atcosl.com Exair Corporation 11510 Goldcoast Dr Cincinnati OH 45249 513 671-3322 Fax: 513 671-3363 Toll-Free: 800 903-9247 techelp@exair.com Web: www.exair.com

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Atco Structures & Logistics Ltd. 5115 Crowchild Trail SW Calgary AB T3E 1T9 403 292-7600 Fax: 403 292-7603 Toll-Free: 800 575-2826 atco@atcosl.com Web: www.atcosl.com

Environmental Analytical Systems 286 Mask Island Dr RR 1 Barry’s Bay ON K0J 1B0 613 756-0101 Fax: 613 756-0909 Toll-Free: 800 427-8591 Web: www.enviro-analytical.com Pres Nigel Newing

ETCOS 96 Terrosa Rd Markham ON L3S 2N1 905 471-9890 Fax: 905 471-6439 info@etcoscanada.com Web: www.etcoscanada.com Proj Mgr Ravi Sharma

GENEQ Inc. 10700 Secant St. Montréal QC H1J 1S5 514 354-2511 Fax: 514 354-6948 Toll-Free: 800 463-4363 info@geneq.com Web: www.geneq.com Pres Maurice Parisé Occupational Health Dynamics 197 Cahaba Valley Pkwy Pelham AL 35124 205 980-0180 Fax: 205 980-5764 Toll-Free: 888 464-3872 sales@ohdusa.com Web: www.ohdusa.com Pres Andy Coats Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. XScala Sound & Vibration 234-5149 Country Hills Blvd NW Suite 516 Calgary AB T3A 5K8 403 274-7577 ohs@xscala.com Web: www.xscala.com

LEX Scientific Inc. 204-2 Quebec St Guelph ON N1H 2T3 519 824-7082 Ext. 223 Fax: 519 824-5784 Toll-Free: 800 824-7082 Ext. 223 admin@lexscientific.com Web: www.lexscientific.com Dir Michael Hoffbauer Workplace Medical Corp. 130 Wilson St Hamilton ON L8R 1E2 905 526-9744 Fax: 905 522-0425 Toll-Free: 800 263-9340 info@workplacemedical.com Web: www.workplacemedical.com Branch Office: WMC Mobile Hearing Testing Toronto, Ontario: 416 252-5885 Fax: 416 252-7090 info@wmcohs. com. Mgr Kevin Gow. Active Canadian Emergency Training Inc. Waterloo, Ontario: 800 205-3278 Fax: 877 799-7778 info@activecanadian.com.

Occupational Medicine The Doctor’s Office, MCIOccupational Health Services 200-160 Eglinton Ave Toronto ON M4P 3B5 416 440-4040 Ext. 437 Fax: 416 440-4014 occhealth@mcimed.com Web: www.mcimed.com Natl Mgr OHealth Serv Chona Rosello

Online Training Bongarde Media Co. 501 Main St Penticton BC V2A 9A6 250 493-2200 Fax: 250 493-1970 Toll-Free: 800 667-9300 Toll-Free Fax: 800 493-1970 sales@bongarde.com Web: www.bongarde.com CEO Robert Ransom

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Crisis Prevention Institute 600-10850 West Park Pl Milwaukee WI 53224 Fax: 262 979-7162 Toll-Free: 800 558-8976 info@crisisprevention.com Web: www.crisisprevention.com Danatec Educational Services Ltd. 201-11450 29 St SE Calgary AB T2Z 3V5 403 232-6950 Fax: 403 232-6952 Toll-Free: 800 465-3366 info@danatec.com Web: www.danatec.com Bus Dev Alina Martin Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP First Canadian Place 100 King St W Toronto ON M5X 1G5 416 862-3580 Fax: 416 862-7661 Toll-Free: 866 862-5787 Ext. 3580 norm.keith@gowlings.com Web: www.gowlings.com/ohslaw Partner Norm Keith

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Personal Protective Apparel 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Degil Safety Products Inc. 1-200 Zenway Blvd Vaughan ON L4H 0L6 905 856-1511 Fax: 905 856-1694 Toll-Free: 800 332-1810 Toll-Free Fax: 800 304-9629 degil@degilsafety.com Web: www.degilsafety.com Dir-Mktg Marlon Tanner Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca DuPont Personal Protection Box 22 Streetsville Mississauga ON L5M 2H3 7070 Mississauga Rd Mississauga ON L5N 5M8 Fax: 905 821-5057 Toll-Free: 800 387-2122 info@can.dupont.com Web: www.personalprotection.dupont.ca Mktg/Commun Mgr Lorne Strachan

Safety Sync Corporation 250-229 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2G 0Y1 403 668-6402 Toll-Free: 866 668-6402 Toll-Free Fax: 866 802-9799 info@safetysync.com Web: www.safetysync.com

Glove Guard, LP PO Box 946 Highlands TX 77562 1625 E Houston St 281 426-2714 Fax: 281 426-6135 Toll-Free: 888 660-6133 safety@gloveguard.com Web: www.gloveguard.com

UL PureSafety 730 Cool Springs Blvd Franklin TN 37067 615 312-1245 Fax: 615 367-3887 Toll-Free: 888 202-3016 sales@puresafety.com Web: www.puresafety.com Sls/Mktg Coord Brandi Finley

International Sew-Right Co. 6190 Don Murie St Niagara Falls ON L2E 6X8 905 374-3600 Fax: 905 374-6121 intsewright@safetyclothing.com Web: www.safetyclothingcanada.com Pres Lyse Moreau

YOW Canada Inc. 1306 Algoma Rd Ottawa ON K1B 3W8 613 688-2845 Fax: 613 248-0711 Toll-Free: 866 688-2845 info@yowcanada.com Web: www.yowcanada.com

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Jomac Canada Inc. 10 rue Bachelder Stanstead QC J0B 3E2 819 876-7531 Fax: 819 876-5361 Toll-Free: 800 567-2765 ebelgen@jomaccanada.com Web: www.jomaccanada.com Dir-Mktg Elif Belgen

Kimberly-Clark Professional 1400 Holcomb Bridge Rd Roswell GA 30076 770 587-8000 Toll-Free: 800 255-6401 Toll-Free Fax: 800 579-3555 kcpinfo@kcc.com Web: www.kc-safety.com Mktg/Commun Mgr Melissa Fike Mister Safety Shoes Inc. 6-2300 Finch Ave W North York ON M9M 2Y3 416 746-3000 Fax: 416 748-8791 info@mistersafetyshoes.com Web: www.mistersafetyshoes.com Owner John Colantonio NASCO Industries, Inc. PO Box 427 Washington IN 47501 3 N E 21st St 812 254-7393 Fax: 812 254-6476 Toll-Free: 800 767-4288 sales@nascoinc.com Web: www.nascoinc.com Dir-Mktg Andrew Wirts Ranpro Inc. PO Box 430 Simcoe ON N3Y 4L6 620 Ireland Rd 519 426-1094 Fax: 519 426-5313 Toll-Free: 877 744-0449 Toll-Free Fax: 888 272-6776 ranpro@ranpro.com Web: www.ranpro.com VP-Sls Andy Gallant Ronco Protective Products 267 North Rivermede Rd Concord ON L4K 3N7 905 660-6700 Fax: 905 660-6903 Toll-Free: 877 663-7735 ronco@ronco.ca Web: www.ronco.ca Mktg Mgr Vani Kshattriya Showa – Best Glove Mfg. Ltd. 253 rue Michaud Coaticook QC J1A 1A9 819 849-6381 Fax: 819 849-6120 Toll-Free: 800 565-2378 info@showabest.ca Web: www.showabestglove.com Superior Glove Works Ltd. 36 Vimy St Acton ON L7J 1S1 519 853-1920 Fax: 519 853-4496 Toll-Free: 800 265-7617 sales@superiorglove.com

Web: www.superiorglove.com Natl Sls Mgr Frank MacDonald Tek Canada Optical Inc. 127-4096 Meadowbrook Dr London ON N6L 1G4 519 652-8800 Fax: 519 652-5008 Toll-Free: 888 565-5854 sales@tekoptical.com Web: www.tekoptical.com Pres Travis Rowe The SEA Group (Safety Equipment America, Inc.) 20 North Blossom Street East Providence RI 02914 949 200-6292 sea.america@theseagroup.com Web: www.theseagroup.com VF Imagewear Canada, Inc. 9146 Yellowhead Trail NW Edmonton AB T5B 1G2 780 479-4444 Ext. 0 Fax: 780 477-1718 Toll-Free: 800 667-0700 Ext. 0 Toll-Free Fax: 866 419-1110 kendra_derbyshire@vfc.com Web: www.bulwark.com Exec Asst Kendra Derbyshire Vulcan FR 61 Hempstead Dr Hamilton ON L8W 2Z9 905 318-0845 Fax: 905 318-0761 info@nikoapparel.ca Web: www.vulcanfr.com Founder/Owner Joe Camillo Wayne Safety Inc. 1250 Sheppard Ave W Toronto ON M3K 2A6 416 661-1100 Fax: 416 661-3447 Toll-Free: 800 387-3713 ws-sales@waynesafety.com Web: www.waynesafety.com Mgr Aaron Nisker

Personal Protective Equipment Amsal Inc. 11465 rue Sherbrooke E Montréal-Est QC H1B 1C2 514 645-7477 Fax: 514 645-7479 Toll-Free: 800 645-4758 adm@amsalinc.com Web: www.amsalinc.com Armstrong Medical Industries, Inc. 575 Knightsbridge Pkwy Lincolnshire IL 60069 847 913-0101 Fax: 847 913-0138 Toll-Free: 800 323-4220 csr@armstrongmedical.com Web: www.armstrongmedical.com

BUYERS’ GUIDE 2013 BW Technologies by Honeywell 2840 2 Ave SE Calgary AB T2A 7X9 403 248-9226 Fax: 403 273-3708 Toll-Free: 800 663-4164 info@gasmonitors.com Web: www.gasmonitors.com Dentec Safety Specialists, Inc. 100 Harry Walker Pkwy N Newmarket ON L3Y 7B2 905 953-9946 Fax: 905 953-8351 Toll-Free: 888 533-6832 Toll-Free Fax: 888 953-9946 dentec@dentecsafety.com Web: www.dentecsafety.com Pres Claudio Dente Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca F.O. Safefy Eyewear Inc. 6-1731 Ross Ave Regina SK S4N 7K2

Fax: 403 580-8190 Toll-Free: 855 527-3661 ck.optiksintl@shaw.ca Web: www.fosafetyeyewear.ca VP-Bus Dev Charlotte Kessler Glove Guard, LP PO Box 946 Highlands TX 77562 1625 E Houston St 281 426-2714 Fax: 281 426-6135 Toll-Free: 888 660-6133 safety@gloveguard.com Web: www.gloveguard.com Grace Industries, Inc. 305 Bend Hill Rd Fredonia PA 16124 724 962-9231 Fax: 724 962-3611 Toll-Free: 800 969-6933 info@graceindustries.com Web: www.graceindustries.com Sls Mgr Dan Smith Great Lakes Safety Products 3303 Walker Rd Windsor ON N8W 3R9 519 972-6605 Fax: 519 972-6620 glspi@wincom.net

Web: www.glspi.com Pres/Owner Thomas Diemer Hazmasters Inc. 1-1915 Clements Rd Pickering ON L1W 3V1 905 427-0220 Fax: 905 427-9901 Toll-Free: 877 747-7117 connect@hazmasters.com Web: www.hazmasters.com Branch Office: Hazmasters Burnaby, British Columbia: 604 420-0025 Fax: 604 4205282. Hazmasters Victoria, British Columbia: 250 384-0025 Fax: 250 384-0065. Hazmasters Calgary, Alberta: 403 2471100 Fax: 403 247-1121. Hazmasters Edmonton, Alberta: 780 481-1300 Fax: 780 481-3900. Hazmasters Winnipeg, Manitoba: 204 694-4500 Fax: 204 6334035. Hazmasters Ottawa, Ontario: 613 224-5447 Fax: 613 224-1341. Hazmasters Dorval, Québec: 514 6338533 Fax: 514 633-5737. Hazmasters Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: 902 468-8467 Fax: 902 468-8134. Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com

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International Sew-Right Co. 6190 Don Murie St Niagara Falls ON L2E 6X8 905 374-3600 Fax: 905 374-6121 intsewright@safetyclothing.com Web: www.safetyclothingcanada.com Pres Lyse Moreau Kit Care Corporation 6358 Viscount Rd Mississauga ON L4V 1H3 416 243-3030 Fax: 416 243-3082 Toll-Free: 800 387-1858 Toll-Free Fax: 866 777-0787 kitcarecorp@kitcarecorp.com Web: www.kitcarecorp.com Pres Gerald J Yaffe L.P. Royer Inc. 712 rue Principale Lac-Drolet QC G0Y 1C0 819 549-2100 Fax: 819 549-2584 Toll-Free: 800 567-7693 client@lproyer.com Web: www.lproyer.com Levitt-Safety 2872 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 5T5 905 829-3299

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Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. Tractel Ltd. 11020 rue Mirabeau Anjou QC H1J 2S3 514 493-3332 Fax: 514 493-3342 Toll-Free: 800 561-3229 fallstop@tractel.com Web: www.tractel.com

Publishers Carswell, a Thomson Reuters Business One Corporate Plaza 2075 Kennedy Rd Scarborough ON M1T 3V4 416 609-3800 Toll-Free: 800 387-5164 Toll-Free Fax: 877 750-9041 Web: www.carswell.com EcoLog ERIS 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2T5 416 510-5204 Fax: 416 510-5133 Toll-Free: 866 517-5204 Toll-Free Fax: 866 251-8611 info@eris.ca Web: www.eris.ca Rsch/Dev Mgr Mark Mattei EcoLog Legislation and EcoLog Legislative Monitoring Service 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2S9 416 442-5600 Ext. 3570 Toll-Free: 888 702-1111 Ext. 8 llubka@ecolog.com Web: www.ecolog.com Sls/Mktg Rep Dan Bond EcoLog News 80 Valleybrook Dr North York ON M3B 2S9 416 442-5600 Ext. 3570 Fax: 416 510-5133 llubka@ecolog.com Web: www.ecolog.com Sls/Mktg Rep Dan Bond HazMat Management Magazine 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2T5 416 510-6798

Fax: 416 510-5133 Toll-Free: 888 702-1111 bobrien@hazmatmag.com Web: www.hazmatmag.com Pub Brad O’Brien

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info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

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OHS Canada Media 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2S9 416 510-5102 Fax: 416 510-5140 pboxer@ohscanada.com Web: www.ohscanada.com Pub Peter Boxer Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine 80 Valleybrook Dr Toronto ON M3B 2S9 416 510-6798 Fax: 416 510-5133 Toll-Free: 888 702-1111 Toll-Free Fax: 866 251-8611 bobrien@solidwastemag.com Web: www.solidwastemag.com Pub Brad O’Brien

Radio Remote Controls Cattron – A Unit of Laird Technologies 5-6-150 Armstrong Ave Georgetown ON L7G 5G8 905 873-9440 Fax: 905 873-9449 sales@cattron.com Web: www.cattron.com Sr VP-Mktg Jim Kingerski

Rainwear NASCO Industries, Inc. PO Box 427 Washington IN 47501 3 N E 21st St 812 254-7393 Fax: 812 254-6476 Toll-Free: 800 767-4288 sales@nascoinc.com Web: www.nascoinc.com Dir-Mktg Andrew Wirts Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212

Reflective Apparel 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio American Safety Vest 37 Eastern Ave East Providence RI 02914 401 435-0200 Fax: 401 434-2299 madison@americansafetyvest.com Web: www.americansafetyvest.com Cust Serv Mgr Madison Castle International Sew-Right Co. 6190 Don Murie St Niagara Falls ON L2E 6X8 905 374-3600 Fax: 905 374-6121 intsewright@safetyclothing.com Web: www.safetyclothingcanada.com Pres Lyse Moreau Superior Glove Works Ltd. 36 Vimy St Acton ON L7J 1S1 519 853-1920 Fax: 519 853-4496 Toll-Free: 800 265-7617 sales@superiorglove.com Web: www.superiorglove.com Natl Sls Mgr Frank MacDonald Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230

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Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

Rescue, Confined Space, High Angle Capital Safety 260 Export Blvd Mississauga ON L5S 1Y9 905 795-9333 Toll-Free: 800 387-7484 Toll-Free Fax: 888 387-7484 info.ca@capitalsafety.com Web: www.capitalsafety.com EHS Canada Inc. 2964 South Grimsby Rd 18 RR 1 Smithville ON L0R 2A0 905 643-3343 Fax: 905 643-3211 info@ehscanada.ca Web: www.ehscanada.ca Sr Proj Mgr Cathy Courage Miller Fall Protection/Honeywell PO Box 271, Franklin PA 16323 1345 15th St 814 432-2118 Fax: 814 432-2415 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Toll-Free Fax: 800 892-4078 millertechexpert@sperian.com Web: www.millerfallprotection.com MSA – The Safety Company 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Toll-Free: 800 672-2222 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com Tractel Ltd. 11020 rue Mirabeau Anjou QC H1J 2S3 514 493-3332 Fax: 514 493-3342 Toll-Free: 800 561-3229 fallstop@tractel.com Web: www.tractel.com

Respirator Fit Testers 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Concept Controls Inc. 1-2315 30th Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 7C7

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403 208-1065 Fax: 403 250-1011 Toll-Free: 888 207-2212 sales@conceptcontrols.com Web: www.conceptcontrols.com Occupational Health Dynamics 197 Cahaba Valley Pkwy Pelham AL 35124 205 980-0180 Fax: 205 980-5764 Toll-Free: 888 464-3872 sales@ohdusa.com Web: www.ohdusa.com Pres Andy Coats Workplace Medical Corp. 130 Wilson St Hamilton ON L8R 1E2 905 526-9744 Fax: 905 522-0425 Toll-Free: 800 263-9340 info@workplacemedical.com Web: www.workplacemedical.com Branch Office: WMC Mobile Hearing Testing Toronto, Ontario: 416 252-5885 Fax: 416 252-7090 info@wmcohs. com. Mgr Kevin Gow. Active Canadian Emergency Training Inc. Waterloo, Ontario: 800 205-3278 Fax: 877 799-7778 info@activecanadian.com.

Respirators 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio ArcOne Welding & Safety Products 85 Independence Dr Taunton MA 02780 508 884-9600 Fax: 508 884-9666 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 223-4685 msullivan@aceintl.com Web: www.arc1weldsafe.com Mktg Asst Laurie Ferland Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca Honeywell Safety Products 900 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI 02917 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Web: www.honeywellsafety.com Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225

Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com Sundstrom Safety Inc. 20 North Blossom St East Providence RI 02914 401 434-7300 Fax: 401 434-8300 Toll-Free: 877 786-3786 lars.ronner@srsafety.com Web: www.srsafety.com Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. The SEA Group (Safety Equipment America, Inc.) 20 North Blossom Street East Providence RI 02914 949 200-6292 sea.america@theseagroup.com Web: www.theseagroup.com Wayne Safety Inc. 1250 Sheppard Ave W Toronto ON M3K 2A6 416 661-1100 Fax: 416 661-3447 Toll-Free: 800 387-3713 ws-sales@waynesafety.com Web: www.waynesafety.com Mgr Aaron Nisker

Respiratory Protection 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio Bullard 1898 Safety Way Cynthiana KY 40514 Fax: 859 234-8987 Toll-Free: 877 285-5273

info@bullard.com Web: www.bullard.com Mktg/Commun Mgr Deborah Puracchio Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca Gateway Safety, Inc. 11111 Memphis Ave Cleveland OH 44144 216 889-2000 Fax: 216 889-1200 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 822-5347 info@gatewaysafety.com Web: www.gatewaysafety.com Mktg Mgr Matthew J Love Great Lakes Safety Products 3303 Walker Rd Windsor ON N8W 3R9 519 972-6605 Fax: 519 972-6620 glspi@wincom.net Web: www.glspi.com Pres/Owner Thomas Diemer Kimberly-Clark Professional 1400 Holcomb Bridge Rd Roswell GA 30076 770 587-8000 Toll-Free: 800 255-6401 Toll-Free Fax: 800 579-3555 kcpinfo@kcc.com Web: www.kc-safety.com Mktg/Commun Mgr Melissa Fike MST, Inc./Modern Safety Techniques PO Box 87 Hicksville OH 43526-0087 11370 Breininger Rd 419 542-6645 Fax: 419 542-6475 Toll-Free: 800 542-6646 modsafe@bright.net Web: www.modsafe.com Pres/Owner Charles Martin Sundstrom Safety Inc. 20 North Blossom St East Providence RI 02914 401 434-7300 Fax: 401 434-8300 Toll-Free: 877 786-3786 lars.ronner@srsafety.com Web: www.srsafety.com Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia:

Return-to-Work BGI Benchmark Group International 217-60 Centurian Dr Markham ON L3R 8T5 905 665-1656 Fax: 905 305-8901 Toll-Free: 888 293-4512 Toll-Free Fax: 800 780-6024 info@bgibenchmark.com Web: www.bgibenchmark.com Dir Heather Doucette disAbility & Health Management Solutions Barrie ON L4M 7B9 705 715-7052 dhms@dhms.on.ca Web: www.dhms.on.ca Dir Lucie Fournier ErgonoWorks Unlimited, Inc. 97 Major Button’s Dr Markham ON L3P 3X4 905 472-4996 Fax: 905 472-1879 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 429-5978 ergonoworks@rogers.com Web: www.ergonoworks.com Owner/Dir Janice E Ray Health Systems Group 51 Tannery St Mississauga ON L5M 1V3 905 858-0333 Fax: 905 858-3136 Toll-Free: 888 809-0333 service@healthsystemsgroup.com Web: www.healthsystemsgroup.com Pres Kim Snider National Institute of Disability Management and Research 4755 Cherry Creek Road Port Alberni BC V9Y 0A7 778 421-0821 Ext. 201 Fax: 778 421-0823 nidmar@nidmar.ca Web: www.nidmar.ca Asst Exec Dir Joyce Gravelle Workplace Medical Corp. 130 Wilson St Hamilton ON L8R 1E2 905 526-9744

Fax: 905 522-0425 Toll-Free: 800 263-9340 info@workplacemedical.com Web: www.workplacemedical.com Branch Office: WMC Mobile Hearing Testing Toronto, Ontario: 416 252-5885 Fax: 416 252-7090 info@wmcohs. com. Mgr Kevin Gow. Active Canadian Emergency Training Inc. Waterloo, Ontario: 800 205-3278 Fax: 877 799-7778 info@activecanadian.com. Workplace Safety and Wellness Solutions 11-167 Applewood Cr Vaughan ON L4K 4K7 416 270-3181 Fax: 905 597-0116 info@workplacesafety-ontario.com Web: www.workplacesafety-ontario.com Occup Ther Anna Mathrosov

Safety Flooring EverGlow NA, Inc. PO Box 830 Matthews NC 28106-0830 1122 Industrial Dr 704 841-2580 Fax: 704 841-2582 Toll-Free: 866 744-4706 info@everglow.us Web: www.everglow.us Sls Mgr Charles V Barlow No Skidding Product Inc. 266 Wildcat Rd Toronto ON M3J 2N5 416 667-1788 Fax: 416 667-1783 Toll-Free: 800 375-0571 sales@noskidding.com Web: www.noskidding.com VP-Sls Leon Altman Safeguard Technology Inc. 1460 Miller Pkwy Streetsboro OH 44241-4640 330 995-5200 Fax: 330 995-5201 Toll-Free: 800 989-1695 jgkerlek@safeguard-technology.com Web: www.safeguard-technology.com VP Jerome Kerlek

Safety Manuals, Posters, etc. Bongarde Media Co. 501 Main St Penticton BC V2A 9A6 250 493-2200 Fax: 250 493-1970 Toll-Free: 800 667-9300 Toll-Free Fax: 800 493-1970 sales@bongarde.com Web: www.bongarde.com CEO Robert Ransom DEVTRA Inc. – The “CHECKER” PO Box 265 Oakville ON L6J 5A2 193 Church St 905 825-0172

Fax: 905 469-8831 Toll-Free: 800 291-4719 info@thechecker.net Web: www.thechecker.net Gen Mgr David Lefevre

Fax: 514 645-7479 Toll-Free: 800 645-4758 adm@amsalinc.com Web: www.amsalinc.com

Electrolab Training Systems PO Box 320 Belleville ON K8N 5A5 335 University Ave Belleville ON K8N 5T7 613 962-9577 Fax: 613 962-0284 Toll-Free: 800 267-7482 safety@electrolab.ca Web: www.electrolab.ca Fire Safety Displays Co. 20422 Van Born Rd Dearborn Heights MI 48125 313 274-7888 Fax: 313 274-9277 dccox@firesafetydisplays.com Web: www.firesafetydisplays.com VP David Cox Hand Tools Institute 25 North Broadway Tarrytown NY 10591 914 332-0040 Fax: 914 332-1541 hti@hti.org Web: www.hti.org Tech Mgr John Foote J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. PO Box 368 Neenah WI 54957-0368 3003 W Breezewood Ln 920 722-2848 Toll-Free: 800 327-6868 Toll-Free Fax: 800 727-7516 sales@jjkeller.com Web: www.jjkeller.com/jjk Dir-New Bus Dev David Ellis OLFA – North America 6589 Avalon Blvd Avon IN 46123 2600 Stanley Ave Niagara Falls ON L2E 6T3 Toll-Free: 800 962-6532 Toll-Free Fax: 866 800-6532 olfainformation@worldkitchen.com Web: www.olfa.com Mktg Mgr Carl Cottrell Summit Training Source, Inc. 4170 Embassy Dr SE Grand Rapids MI 49546 616 949-4343 Fax: 616 949-5684 Toll-Free: 800 842-0466 info@safetyontheweb.com Web: www.safetyontheweb.com Sls Mgr Teela Brown

Safety Products, Traffic Amsal Inc. 11465 rue Sherbrooke E Montréal-Est QC H1B 1C2 514 645-7477

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Great Lakes Safety Products 3303 Walker Rd Windsor ON N8W 3R9 519 972-6605 Fax: 519 972-6620 glspi@wincom.net Web: www.glspi.com Pres/Owner Thomas Diemer Master Lock Company 2816 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 5S7 905 829-4155 Fax: 905 829-8096 Toll-Free: 800 227-9599 Toll-Free Fax: 800 229-0081 contact@masterlock.com Web: www.masterlock.com Dir-Comm Sls/Mktg John Collins Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 7374237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

Safety Products, Utility Grace Industries, Inc. 305 Bend Hill Rd Fredonia PA 16124 724 962-9231 Fax: 724 962-3611 Toll-Free: 800 969-6933 info@graceindustries.com Web: www.graceindustries.com Sls Mgr Dan Smith Justrite Mfg. Co., L.L.C. 300 – 2454 Dempster St Des Plaines IL 60016 847 298-9250 Fax: 847 298-9261 Toll-Free: 800 798-9250 Toll-Free Fax: 800 488-5877 justrite@justritemfg.com Web: www.justritemfg.com

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Master Lock Company 2816 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 5S7 905 829-4155 Fax: 905 829-8096 Toll-Free: 800 227-9599 Toll-Free Fax: 800 229-0081 contact@masterlock.com Web: www.masterlock.com Dir-Comm Sls/Mktg John Collins Miller Fall Protection/Honeywell PO Box 271 Franklin PA 16323 1345 15th St 814 432-2118 Fax: 814 432-2415 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Toll-Free Fax: 800 892-4078 millertechexpert@sperian.com Web: www.millerfallprotection.com The Safety Knife Company 7948 Park Dr St. Louis MO 63117 314 645-3900 Fax: 314 645-0728 sales@safetyknife.us.com Web: www.safetyknife.net/ Dir-Mktg Laura Wissman

Safety Programs, Training BodyLogic Health Management Inc. Box 91758 West Vancouver BC V7V 4S1 Toll-Free: 800 887-8018 info@backlogic.com Web: www.backlogic.com Bongarde Media Co. 501 Main St Penticton BC V2A 9A6 250 493-2200 Fax: 250 493-1970 Toll-Free: 800 667-9300 Toll-Free Fax: 800 493-1970 sales@bongarde.com Web: www.bongarde.com CEO Robert Ransom DuPont Personal Protection Box 22 Streetsville Mississauga ON L5M 2H3 7070 Mississauga Rd Mississauga ON L5N 5M8 Fax: 905 821-5057 Toll-Free: 800 387-2122 info@can.dupont.com Web: www.personalprotection.dupont.ca Mktg/Commun Mgr Lorne Strachan DuPont Sustainable Solutions PO Box 2200 Mississauga ON L5M 2H3 905 639-0607 Toll-Free: 800 532-7233 Toll-Free Fax: 888 240-6566 Web: www.dupont.com/safety

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Elite Training Company 102 Rawling Cres Brampton ON L6Z 1N8 905 846-5509 info@elite-training.ca Web: www.elite-training.ca Hand Tools Institute 25 North Broadway Tarrytown NY 10591 914 332-0040 Fax: 914 332-1541 hti@hti.org Web: www.hti.org Tech Mgr John Foote Innovative Fall Protection 50 Mt Brewster Circle SE Calgary AB T2Z 4M8 403 257-1833 Fax: 403 257-7467 Toll-Free: 866 257-2888 info@innovativefallprotection.com Web: www.innovativefallprotection.com J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. PO Box 368 Neenah WI 54957-0368 3003 W Breezewood Ln 920 722-2848 Toll-Free: 800 327-6868 Toll-Free Fax: 800 727-7516 sales@jjkeller.com Web: www.jjkeller.com/jjk Dir-New Bus Dev David Ellis Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP 3600-155 Wellington St W Toronto ON M5V 3H1 416 862-8280 Fax: 416 862-8247 Toll-Free: 800 411-2900 info@mathewsdinsdale.com Web: www.mathewsdinsdale.com Partner Mark D Mills Miller Fall Protection/Honeywell PO Box 271 Franklin PA 16323 1345 15th St 814 432-2118 Fax: 814 432-2415 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Toll-Free Fax: 800 892-4078 millertechexpert@sperian.com Web: www.millerfallprotection.com National Safety Council 1121 Spring Lake Dr Itasca IL 60143-3201 630 285-1121 Fax: 630 285-1315 Toll-Free: 800 621-7619 customerservice@nsc.org Web: www.nsc.org Mktg Mgr Heidi Mitchell Occupational Safety Group (OSG) 3330 Dingman Dr London ON N6E 3W8 519 850-4000 Fax: 519 850-1020 Toll-Free: 800 815-9980

info@osg.ca Web: www.osg.ca CEO Mark Lisburn O’Reilly Health & Safety Consulting Toronto ON M6S 4Z1 416 294-4141 info@ohsconsulting.ca Web: www.ohsconsulting.ca Owner Yvonne O’Reilly Peavey Performance Systems/ Safety Jackpot 10749 W 84th Terrace Lenexa KS 66214 913 888-0600 Fax: 913 495-6757 Toll-Free: 800 235-2495 info@safetyjackpot.com Web: www.safetyjackpot.com Sls Mgr Pat Tracy Public Services Health & Safety Association 902-4950 Yonge St Toronto ON M2N 6K1 416 250-2131 Fax: 416 250-9190 Toll-Free: 877 250-7444 info@pshsa.ca Web: www.pshsa.ca Safety Sync Corporation 250-229 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2G 0Y1 403 668-6402 Toll-Free: 866 668-6402 Toll-Free Fax: 866 802-9799 info@safetysync.com Web: www.safetysync.com

814 432-2118 Fax: 814 432-2415 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Toll-Free Fax: 800 892-4078 millertechexpert@sperian.com Web: www.millerfallprotection.com

Safety Supplies & Equipment 3M Canada Company 1840 Oxford St E London ON N6A 4T1 800 265-1840 Fax: 519 452-4600 Web: www.3M.ca/PPESafety Reg Sls Mgr Sean Basilio American Slip Meter, Inc. 720 N Indiana Avenue Englewood FL 34223 941 681-2431 Fax: 941 681-2487 Toll-Free: 800 299-2039 info@americanslipmeter.com Web: www.americanslipmeter.com Pres Bill Stephenson Amsal Inc. 11465 rue Sherbrooke E Montréal-Est QC H1B 1C2 514 645-7477 Fax: 514 645-7479 Toll-Free: 800 645-4758 adm@amsalinc.com Web: www.amsalinc.com

Skid Control School 576 Bronte Rd Oakville ON L6L 6S1 Toll-Free: 888 516-6522 info@skidcontrolschool.com Web: www.skidcontrolschool.com

ArcOne Welding & Safety Products 85 Independence Dr Taunton MA 02780 508 884-9600 Fax: 508 884-9666 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 223-4685 msullivan@aceintl.com Web: www.arc1weldsafe.com Mktg Asst Laurie Ferland

Summit Training Source, Inc. 4170 Embassy Dr SE Grand Rapids MI 49546 616 949-4343 Fax: 616 949-5684 Toll-Free: 800 842-0466 info@safetyontheweb.com Web: www.safetyontheweb.com Sls Mgr Teela Brown

BlueWater Mfg., Inc. 4064 Peavey Rd Chaska MN 55318 952 448-2935 Fax: 952 448-3685 Toll-Free: 866 933-2935 info@bluewater-mfg.com Web: www.bluewater-mfg.com Pres Greg Kenton

Westlake & Associates Consulting 126 Essex Crt Thunder Bay ON P7A 7P1 807 345-6691 Fax: 807 345-8229 ohslaw@shaw.ca Web: ohslaw.shawwebspace.ca Sfty Eng A Larry Westlake

Cartier Chemicals Ltd. 2610A boul J.B. Deschamps Lachine QC H8T 1C8 514 637-4631 Fax: 514 637-8804 Toll-Free: 800 361-9432 info@vytac.com Web: www.cartierchem.com Pres/Mgr-VYTAC Div Bill Robins

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Cozy Products Sales Dept 300 N Oakley Blvd Chicago IL 60612 312 226-2473

Miller Fall Protection/Honeywell PO Box 271, Franklin PA 16323 1345 15th St

BUYERS’ GUIDE 2013 Fax: 312 226-2480 Toll-Free: 800 662-5021 sales@cozy-products.com Web: www.cozy-products.com Mktg Asst Trunita Robinson Dentec Safety Specialists, Inc. 100 Harry Walker Pkwy N Newmarket ON L3Y 7B2 905 953-9946 Fax: 905 953-8351 Toll-Free: 888 533-6832 Toll-Free Fax: 888 953-9946 dentec@dentecsafety.com Web: www.dentecsafety.com Pres Claudio Dente Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca ENPAC LLC 34355 Vokes Dr Eastlake OH 44095 440 975-0070 Fax: 440 975-0047 Toll-Free: 800 936-7229 Toll-Free Fax: 800 993-6722 Web: www.enpac.com VP-Sls/Mktg Brian Walters EverGlow NA, Inc. PO Box 830 Matthews NC 28106-0830 1122 Industrial Dr 704 841-2580 Fax: 704 841-2582 Toll-Free: 866 744-4706 info@everglow.us Web: www.everglow.us Sls Mgr Charles V Barlow Glove Guard, LP PO Box 946 Highlands TX 77562 1625 E Houston St 281 426-2714 Fax: 281 426-6135 Toll-Free: 888 660-6133 safety@gloveguard.com Web: www.gloveguard.com Hazmasters Inc. 1-1915 Clements Rd Pickering ON L1W 3V1 905 427-0220 Fax: 905 427-9901 Toll-Free: 877 747-7117 connect@hazmasters.com Web: www.hazmasters.com Branch Office: Hazmasters Burnaby, British Columbia: 604 420-0025 Fax: 604 4205282. Hazmasters Victoria, British Columbia: 250 384-0025 Fax: 250 384-0065. Hazmasters Calgary, Alberta: 403 2471100 Fax: 403 247-1121. Hazmasters Edmonton, Alberta: 780 481-1300

Fax: 780 481-3900. Hazmasters Winnipeg, Manitoba: 204 694-4500 Fax: 204 633-4035. Hazmasters Ottawa, Ontario: 613 224-5447 Fax: 613 2241341. Hazmasters Dorval, Québec: 514 633-8533 Fax: 514 633-5737. Hazmasters Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: 902 468-8467 Fax: 902 468-8134. IDESCO Corp. 37 West 26th St New York NY 10010-1006 212 889-2530 Fax: 212 889-7033 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 336-1383 marketing@idesco.com Web: www.idesco.com Dir-Mktg Joel Hershkowitz Innovative Fall Protection 50 Mt Brewster Circle SE Calgary AB T2Z 4M8 403 257-1833 Fax: 403 257-7467 Toll-Free: 866 257-2888 info@innovativefallprotection.com Web: www.innovativefallprotection.com International Sew-Right Co. 6190 Don Murie St Niagara Falls ON L2E 6X8 905 374-3600 Fax: 905 374-6121 intsewright@safetyclothing.com Web: www.safetyclothingcanada.com Pres Lyse Moreau Jomac Canada Inc. 10 rue Bachelder Stanstead QC J0B 3E2 819 876-7531 Fax: 819 876-5361 Toll-Free: 800 567-2765 ebelgen@jomaccanada.com Web: www.jomaccanada.com Dir-Mktg Elif Belgen Justrite Mfg. Co., L.L.C. 300 – 2454 Dempster St Des Plaines IL 60016 847 298-9250 Fax: 847 298-9261 Toll-Free: 800 798-9250 Toll-Free Fax: 800 488-5877 justrite@justritemfg.com Web: www.justritemfg.com Levitt-Safety 2872 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 5T5 905 829-3299 Fax: 905 829-2919 Toll-Free: 888 453-8488 csr@levitt-safety.com Web: www.levitt-safety.com Master Lock Company 2816 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 5S7 905 829-4155 Fax: 905 829-8096 Toll-Free: 800 227-9599 Toll-Free Fax: 800 229-0081

contact@masterlock.com Web: www.masterlock.com Dir-Comm Sls/Mktg John Collins Miller Fall Protection/Honeywell PO Box 271 Franklin PA 16323 1345 15th St 814 432-2118 Fax: 814 432-2415 Toll-Free: 800 873-5242 Toll-Free Fax: 800 892-4078 millertechexpert@sperian.com Web: www.millerfallprotection.com Mister Safety Shoes Inc. 6-2300 Finch Ave W North York ON M9M 2Y3 416 746-3000 Fax: 416 748-8791 info@mistersafetyshoes.com Web: www.mistersafetyshoes.com Owner John Colantonio OLFA – North America 6589 Avalon Blvd Avon IN 46123 2600 Stanley Ave Niagara Falls ON L2E 6T3 Toll-Free: 800 962-6532 Toll-Free Fax: 866 800-6532 olfainformation@worldkitchen.com Web: www.olfa.com Mktg Mgr Carl Cottrell Osborn/JacksonLea 1 – 1100 Resource Dr Brooklyn Hts OH 44121 216 361-1900 Fax: 216 361-1913 Toll-Free: 800 720-3358 brushes@osborn.com Web: www.osborn.com Dir-Distrib/Natl Acct Todd Reasonover Pacesetter Sales & Associates 20 Arthur Hall Dr Sharon ON L0G 1V0 905 478-8042 Fax: 905 478-8010 clindsay@pacesettersales.com Web: www.pacesettersales.com Pres Craig Lindsay Saf Precision Mfg Ltd. 4-1173 Michener Crt Sarnia ON N7S 5G5 519 337-9252 Fax: 519 337-6510 Toll-Free: 888 843-3633 info@flangebar.com Web: www.flangebar.com Ops Mgr Kim Shaw Safeguard Technology Inc. 1460 Miller Pkwy Streetsboro OH 44241-4640 330 995-5200 Fax: 330 995-5201 Toll-Free: 800 989-1695 jgkerlek@safeguard-technology.com Web: www.safeguard-technology.com VP Jerome Kerlek

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Santronics, Inc. PO Box 192 Sanford NC 27331 3010 Lee Ave Sanford NC 27332-6210 919 775-1223 Fax: 919 777-2856 Toll-Free: 800 628-1632 info@santronicsinc.com Web: www.santronicsinc.com Sls Rep Barbara Robinson Shat-R-Shield, Inc. 116 Ryan Patrick Dr Salisbury NC 28147-5624 704 633-2100 Fax: 704 633-3420 Toll-Free: 800 248-4911 info1@shatrshield.com Web: www.shatrshield.com Sls/Mktg Asst Erin Noonan SOS Emergency Response Technologies 126-160 Tycos Dr North York ON M6B 1W8 416 789-7689 Fax: 416 789-5470 Toll-Free: 888 645-8323 info@sostor.com Web: www.sostor.com Pres Terry Brown Strider-Resource PO Box 290 Bond Head ON L0G 1B0 5667 King Rd Nobleton ON L0G 1N0 905 859-3901 Fax: 905 859-4345 service@strider-resource.com Web: www.strider-resource.com Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. The Safety Knife Company 7948 Park Dr St. Louis MO 63117 314 645-3900 Fax: 314 645-0728

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sales@safetyknife.us.com Web: www.safetyknife.net/ Dir-Mktg Laura Wissman Trillium International (Derma Defense Ltd.) PO Box 80932 Burnaby BC V5H 4K1 Toll-Free: 888 801-8488 trilliuminternational@telus.net Web: www.dermadefense.com Unique Products Inc. 16865 110 Ave Edmonton AB T5P 1G8 780 974-7039 Fax: 780 444-0807 Toll-Free: 780 974-7039 Toll-Free Fax: 780 444-0807 upi@shaw.ca Web: www.e-zeelockouts.com Owner Pat Hanlon WASIP Ltd. 3771 Victoria Park Ave Toronto ON M1W 3Z5 416 297-5020 Fax: 416 297-0109 Toll-Free: 800 268-3572 Toll-Free Fax: 800 263-9049 sales@wasip.com Web: www.wasip.com Sls Mgr Paul Brindley Wayne Safety Inc. 1250 Sheppard Ave W Toronto ON M3K 2A6 416 661-1100 Fax: 416 661-3447 Toll-Free: 800 387-3713 ws-sales@waynesafety.com Web: www.waynesafety.com Mgr Aaron Nisker

Safety, Pre-Start Reviews Westlake & Associates Consulting 126 Essex Crt Thunder Bay ON P7A 7P1 807 345-6691 Fax: 807 345-8229 ohslaw@shaw.ca Web: ohslaw.shawwebspace.ca Sfty Eng A Larry Westlake

Seating, Ergonomic BioFit Engineered Products PO Box 109 Waterville OH 43566-0109 15500 Biofit Way Bowling Green OH 43402 419 823-1089 Fax: 419 823-1342 Toll-Free: 800 597-0246 biofit@biofit.com Web: www.BIOFIT.com Dir-Mktg Judy Kolo-Rose

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Chairs Limited 7-10 Ilsley Ave Dartmouth NS B3B 1L3 902 468-2854 Fax: 902 468-1269 Toll-Free: 800 565-2854 info@chairslimited.com Web: www.chairslimited.com VP/Gen Mgr Mark MacPhail

Security, Padlock Master Lock Company 2816 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 5S7 905 829-4155 Fax: 905 829-8096 Toll-Free: 800 227-9599 Toll-Free Fax: 800 229-0081 contact@masterlock.com Web: www.masterlock.com Dir-Comm Sls/Mktg John Collins

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com

Showers, Emergency Bradley Corporation W142 N9101 Fountain Blvd Menomonee Falls WI 53051 262 251-6000 Fax: 262 251-5817 Toll-Free: 800 272-3539 info@bradleycorp.com Web: www.bradleycorp.com Mktg Mgr Kris Alderson Haws Corporation 1455 Kleppe Ln Sparks NV 89431 775 359-4712 Fax: 775 359-7424 Toll-Free: 888 640-4297 info@hawsco.com Web: www.hawsco.com Prod Mgr Margo Mee Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400

Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054. Therm-Omega-Tech, Inc. 353 Ivyland Rd Warminster PA 18974-2205 215 674-9992 Fax: 215 674-8594 Toll-Free: 877 379-8258 valves@thermomegatech.com Web: www.ThermOmegaTech.com Sls Mgr Paul Driscoll

Signs and Labels Accuform Signs 16228 Flight Path Dr Brooksville FL 34604 352 799-5434 Toll-Free: 800 237-1001 Toll-Free Fax: 800 394-4001 customerservice@accuform.com Web: www.accuform.com Mktg/Social Media Spec Jim Redmile AddLight.com 5034 Providence Rd Charlotte NC 28226-5850 704 525-6210 Fax: 704 525-6310 Toll-Free: 888 367-1010 info@addlight.com Web: www.addlight.com Pres Paul Holmes Fire Safety Displays Co. 20422 Van Born Rd Dearborn Heights MI 48125 313 274-7888 Fax: 313 274-9277 dccox@firesafetydisplays.com Web: www.firesafetydisplays.com VP David Cox ICC The Compliance Center Inc. 7-205 Matheson Blvd E Mississauga ON L4Z 1X8 905 890-7228 Fax: 905 890-7070 Toll-Free: 888 977-4834 Toll-Free Fax: 866 821-0735 sales@thecompliancecenter.com Web: www.thecompliancecenter.com Mktg Mgr Jennifer Fiorello

Ideal Shield, L.L.C. PO Box 09210 Detroit MI 48209 2525 Clark St 313 842-7290 Fax: 313 842-7860 Toll-Free: 888 731-1722 info@idealshield.com Web: www.idealshield.com IDESCO Corp. 37 West 26th St New York NY 10010-1006 212 889-2530 Fax: 212 889-7033 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 336-1383 marketing@idesco.com Web: www.idesco.com Dir-Mktg Joel Hershkowitz K-Sun Corporation PO Box 309 Somerset WI 54025 370 SMC Dr 715 247-4440 Fax: 715 247-4003 Toll-Free: 800 622-6312 Toll-Free Fax: 800 522-9108 info@ksun.com Web: www.ksun.com Dir Linda Law Stonehouse Signs, Inc. PO Box 546 Arvada CO 80001 5550 West 60th Ave Arvada CO 80003 303 422-2356 Fax: 303 467-1382 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 800 525-0456 Toll-Free Fax: 800 255-0883 sales@stonehousesigns.com Web: www.stonehousesigns.com Mktg Mgr Becky Roche Tenaquip Ltd. 20701 ch Sainte-Marie Ste-Anne-de-Bellev QC H9X 5X5 Toll-Free: 800 661-2400 Toll-Free Fax: 800 661-2212 info@tenaquip.com Web: www.tenaquip.com Cust Serv Mgr Navin Bharwani Branch Office: Delta, British Columbia: 604 639-1998 Fax: 604 639-1999. Calgary, Alberta: 403 203-5721 Fax: 403 203-5722. Edmonton, Alberta: 780 702-8011 Fax: 780 436-4441. Belleville, Ontario: 613 966-3230 Fax: 613 966-5802. Brantford, Ontario: 519 759-0840 Fax: 519 759-2242. Cambridge, Ontario: 519 622-2910 Fax: 519 623-1106. Cornwall, Ontario: 613 933-5031 Fax: 613 936-1842. Kingston, Ontario: 613 384-5558 Fax: 613 384-9362. Mississauga, Ontario: 905 890-2770 Fax: 905 890-6697. Newmarket, Ontario: 905 952-3755 Fax: 905 952-3756. Ottawa, Ontario: 613 737-4237 Fax: 613 737-2054.

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Deb Canada 42 Thompson Rd W Waterford ON N0E 1Y0 519 443-8697 Fax: 519 443-5160 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 888 332-7627 Toll-Free Fax: 800 567-1652 debcanada@debcanada.com Web: www.debgroup.com

Alert@Work Human Resource Services 427 Briarvale Crt Saskatoon SK S7V 1B8 306 975-1165 Fax: 306 652-6161 Toll-Free: 866 975-1165 schurgoode@sasktel.net Web: www.alertatwork.com Owner Carolyn Schur

UL PureSafety 730 Cool Springs Blvd Franklin TN 37067 615 312-1245 Fax: 615 367-3887 Toll-Free: 888 202-3016 sales@puresafety.com Web: www.puresafety.com Sls/Mktg Coord Brandi Finley

Software, Audit, WCB, WHMIS

Slip Control American Slip Meter, Inc. 720 N Indiana Avenue Englewood FL 34223 941 681-2431 Fax: 941 681-2487 Toll-Free: 800 299-2039 info@americanslipmeter.com Web: www.americanslipmeter.com Pres Bill Stephenson

Dynamic Research Company, Inc. 300 – 4800 Meadows Rd Lake Oswego OR 97035 503 699-1335 Fax: 503 699-1094 Toll-Free: 800 876-2232 info@saf-t-step.com Web: www.saf-t-step.com Pres Dale Burson

No Skidding Product Inc. 266 Wildcat Rd Toronto ON M3J 2N5 416 667-1788 Fax: 416 667-1783 Toll-Free: 800 375-0571 sales@noskidding.com Web: www.noskidding.com VP-Sls Leon Altman

Trillium International (Derma Defense Ltd.) PO Box 80932 Burnaby BC V5H 4K1 Toll-Free: 888 801-8488 trilliuminternational@telus.net Web: www.dermadefense.com

Niagara Software Ltd. 1205-20 Bay St Toronto ON M5J 2N8 416 366-5212 Toll-Free: 888 892-2776 Web: www.wcbpro.ca Pres Paul Ambos

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Niagara Software Ltd. 1205-20 Bay St Toronto ON M5J 2N8 416 366-5212 Toll-Free: 888 892-2776 Web: www.wcbpro.ca Pres Paul Ambos

Software, Health & Safety

Internet Based Learning Ltd. 687 Whitehaven Cres London ON N6G 4V6 519 850-9892 Fax: 519 850-2254 info@ibl.ca Web: www.whmis.net Dir-Sls/Mktg Paul Williams

Canadian Centre For Occupational Health & Safety (CCOHS) 135 Hunter St E Hamilton ON L8N 1M5 905 572-2981 Fax: 905 572-2206 Toll-Free: 800 668-4284 clientservices@ccohs.ca Web: www.ccohs.ca

KnowledgeWare Communications Corp. 204-20475 Lougheed Highway Maple Ridge BC V2X 9B6 604 465-5224 Fax: 604 465-4681 Toll-Free: 800 893-9333 info@kccsoft.com Web: www.kccsoft.com Pres Ron McNutt

DEVTRA Inc. – The “CHECKER” PO Box 265 Oakville ON L6J 5A2 193 Church St 905 825-0172 Fax: 905 469-8831 Toll-Free: 800 291-4719 info@thechecker.net Web: www.thechecker.net Gen Mgr David Lefevre

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Trusty Step International 271 Western Ave Lynn MA 01904 781 593-9800 Fax: 781 598-4937 Toll-Free: 800 323-0047 safety@trusty-step.com Web: www.trusty-step.com Pres Stan Handman

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ErgoCanada – Ergonomics Portal of Micwil Group of Companies Ltd. PO Box 9022 Saskatoon SK S7K 7E7 102 Wheeler St Saskatoon SK S7P 0A9 306 382-5995 Fax: 306 382-4995 Toll-Free: 866 335-3746 sales@ergocanada.com Web: www.ergocanada.com Owner Michael Craggs K-Sun Corporation PO Box 309 Somerset WI 54025 370 SMC Dr 715 247-4440 Fax: 715 247-4003 Toll-Free: 800 622-6312 Toll-Free Fax: 800 522-9108 info@ksun.com Web: www.ksun.com Dir Linda Law KnowledgeWare Communications Corp. 204-20475 Lougheed Highway Maple Ridge BC V2X 9B6 604 465-5224 Fax: 604 465-4681 Toll-Free: 800 893-9333 info@kccsoft.com Web: www.kccsoft.com Pres Ron McNutt

Markham ON L3R 3V8 905 477-2133 Fax: 905 477-4219 Toll-Free: 800 567-8686 alphasales@alphacontrols.com Web: www.alphacontrols.com Sls Mgr Marc Brand Concept Controls Inc. 1-2315 30th Ave NE Calgary AB T2E 7C7 403 208-1065 Fax: 403 250-1011 Toll-Free: 888 207-2212 sales@conceptcontrols.com Web: www.conceptcontrols.com GENEQ Inc. 10700 Secant St. Montréal QC H1J 1S5 514 354-2511 Fax: 514 354-6948 Toll-Free: 800 463-4363 info@geneq.com Web: www.geneq.com Pres Maurice Parisé Kanomax USA, Inc. 219 US Highway 206 Andover NJ 07821 973 786-6386 Fax: 973 786-7586 Toll-Free: 800 247-8887 info@kanomax-usa.com Web: www.kanomax-usa.com

Safety Sync Corporation 250-229 11 Ave SW Calgary AB T2G 0Y1 403 668-6402 Toll-Free: 866 668-6402 Toll-Free Fax: 866 802-9799 info@safetysync.com Web: www.safetysync.com

Occupational Health Dynamics 197 Cahaba Valley Pkwy Pelham AL 35124 205 980-0180 Fax: 205 980-5764 Toll-Free: 888 464-3872 sales@ohdusa.com Web: www.ohdusa.com Pres Andy Coats

XScala Sound & Vibration 234-5149 Country Hills Blvd NW Suite 516 Calgary AB T3A 5K8 403 274-7577 ohs@xscala.com Web: www.xscala.com

Software, Human Resources

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KnowledgeWare Communications Corp. 204-20475 Lougheed Highway Maple Ridge BC V2X 9B6 604 465-5224 Fax: 604 465-4681 Toll-Free: 800 893-9333 info@kccsoft.com Web: www.kccsoft.com Pres Ron McNutt

Cartier Chemicals Ltd. 2610A boul J.B. Deschamps Lachine QC H8T 1C8 514 637-4631 Fax: 514 637-8804 Toll-Free: 800 361-9432 info@vytac.com Web: www.cartierchem.com Pres/Mgr-VYTAC Div Bill Robins

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Clean Harbors Environmental Services 4090 Telfer Rd RR 1 Corunna ON N0N 1G0 519 864-1021 Fax: 519 864-3865 Toll-Free: 800 485-6695

customerservice@cleanharbors.com Web: www.cleanharbors.com TankTek Environmental Services Ltd. 970 Third Conc Rd Pickering ON L1V 2P8 905 839-4400 Fax: 905 839-6600 Toll-Free: 877 789-6224 inquiries@tanktek.com Web: www.tanktek.com Pres Thomas Burt Veolia ES Canada Services Industriels Inc. 1705 3e Av Montréal QC H1B 5M9 514 645-1621 Fax: 514 645-5133 Toll-Free: (Customer Service) 888 778-6699 Info-Veolia@VeoliaSE.com Web: www.Veoliase.com

Substance Abuse Assessments FSEAP 1005-2 Carlton St Toronto ON M5B 1J3 416 585-9985 Fax: 416 642-1902 Toll-Free: 888 765-8464 info@fseap.com Web: www.fseap.com

TDG Training Danatec Educational Services Ltd. 201-11450 29 St SE Calgary AB T2Z 3V5 403 232-6950 Fax: 403 232-6952 Toll-Free: 800 465-3366 info@danatec.com Web: www.danatec.com Bus Dev Alina Martin Monarch Regulatory Services Inc. 20 Kings Gate Dundas ON L9H 3Z7 905 628-6631 Fax: 905 628-9252 Web: www.monarchregservices.ca Dir Chrim Middleton YOW Canada Inc. 1306 Algoma Rd Ottawa ON K1B 3W8 613 688-2845 Fax: 613 248-0711 Toll-Free: 866 688-2845 info@yowcanada.com Web: www.yowcanada.com

Thermal Imaging Systems Alpha Controls and Instrumentation Inc. 6-361 Steelcase Rd W

Markham ON L3R 3V8 905 477-2133 Fax: 905 477-4219 Toll-Free: 800 567-8686 alphasales@alphacontrols.com Web: www.alphacontrols.com Sls Mgr Marc Brand Draeger Safety Canada Ltd. 7555 Danbro Cres Mississauga ON L5N 6P9 905 821-8988 Fax: 905 821-2565 Toll-Free: 877 372-4371 Toll-Free Fax: 800 329-8823 lynn.scharfe@draeger.com Web: www.draeger.ca Mine Safety Appliances 222-5535 Eglinton Ave W Toronto ON M9C 5K5 416 620-4225 Fax: 416 620-9697 Toll-Free: 800 267-0672 info@msanet.com Web: www.msanet.com

Training Aids & Manuals Armstrong Medical Industries, Inc. 575 Knightsbridge Pkwy Lincolnshire IL 60069 847 913-0101 Fax: 847 913-0138 Toll-Free: 800 323-4220 csr@armstrongmedical.com Web: www.armstrongmedical.com BodyLogic Health Management Inc. Box 91758 West Vancouver BC V7V 4S1 Toll-Free: 800 887-8018 info@backlogic.com Web: www.backlogic.com The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education 297 Victoria St Toronto ON M5B 1W1 416 979-5035 Fax: 416 979-5277 ce@ryerson.ca Web: www.ryerson.ca/ce YOW Canada Inc. 1306 Algoma Rd Ottawa ON K1B 3W8 613 688-2845 Fax: 613 248-0711 Toll-Free: 866 688-2845 info@yowcanada.com Web: www.yowcanada.com

Training and Education Acute Environmental & Safety Services Inc. 3-730 Bridge St Waterloo ON N2V 2J4 519 747-5075

BUYERS’ GUIDE 2013 Fax: 519 747-4608 Toll-Free: 866 448-5075 info@acuteservices.com Web: www.acuteservices.com Pres Ron Campbell Alert@Work Human Resource Services 427 Briarvale Crt Saskatoon SK S7V 1B8 306 975-1165 Fax: 306 652-6161 Toll-Free: 866 975-1165 schurgoode@sasktel.net Web: www.alertatwork.com Owner Carolyn Schur ARETE Safety 204-2323 Quebec St Vancouver BC V5T 4S7 604 732-1799 Fax: 604 732-1798 Toll-Free: 877 337-1122 aretesafety@arete.ca Web: www.arete.ca Bellwood Health Services Inc. 1020 McNicoll Ave Scarborough ON M1W 2J6 416 495-0926 Fax: 416 495-7943 Toll-Free: 800 387-6198 info@bellwood.ca Web: www.bellwood.ca Clin Dir Susan McGrail Bertrand Johnson Acoustics Inc. 302-5995 boul Gouin O Montréal QC H4J 2P8 514 332-2050; (Customer Service) 514 335-3021. Fax: 514 339-1057 Toll-Free: 800 363-0958 info@bjainc.com Web: www.bjainc.com Pres Ninon Bertrand Beyond Rewards Inc. 218 Silvercreek Pkwy N Unit 17A Suite 327 Guelph ON N1H 8E8 57 Rochelle Dr Guelph ON N1K 1L1 519 821-7440 Fax: 519 821-7680 Toll-Free: 877 423-4927 info@beyondrewards.ca Web: www.beyondrewards.ca Pres Lynne Bard British Columbia Institute of Technology 3700 Willingdon Ave Burnaby BC V5G 3H2 604 432-8220 Fax: 604 432-8988 Toll-Free: 800 663-6542 Ext. 8220 Web: www.bcit.ca/study/ programs/6850cert Prog Head-Certificate David Wood

Canadian Centre For Occupational Health & Safety (CCOHS) 135 Hunter St E Hamilton ON L8N 1M5 905 572-2981 Fax: 905 572-2206 Toll-Free: 800 668-4284 clientservices@ccohs.ca Web: www.ccohs.ca Crisis Prevention Institute 600-10850 West Park Pl Milwaukee WI 53224 Fax: 262 979-7162 Toll-Free: 800 558-8976 info@crisisprevention.com Web: www.crisisprevention.com DuPont Sustainable Solutions PO Box 2200 Mississauga ON L5M 2H3 905 639-0607 Toll-Free: 800 532-7233 Toll-Free Fax: 888 240-6566 Web: www.dupont.com/safety Electrolab Training Systems PO Box 320 Belleville ON K8N 5A5 335 University Ave Belleville ON K8N 5T7 613 962-9577 Fax: 613 962-0284 Toll-Free: 800 267-7482 safety@electrolab.ca Web: www.electrolab.ca Elite Training Company 102 Rawling Cres Brampton ON L6Z 1N8 905 846-5509 info@elite-training.ca Web: www.elite-training.ca The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education 297 Victoria St Toronto ON M5B 1W1 416 979-5035 Fax: 416 979-5277 ce@ryerson.ca Web: www.ryerson.ca/ce Health Systems Group 51 Tannery St Mississauga ON L5M 1V3 905 858-0333 Fax: 905 858-3136 Toll-Free: 888 809-0333 service@healthsystemsgroup.com Web: www.healthsystemsgroup.com Pres Kim Snider ICC The Compliance Center Inc. 7-205 Matheson Blvd E Mississauga ON L4Z 1X8 905 890-7228 Fax: 905 890-7070 Toll-Free: 888 977-4834 Toll-Free Fax: 866 821-0735 sales@thecompliancecenter.com Web: www.thecompliancecenter.com Mktg Mgr Jennifer Fiorello

International Safety Equipment Association 808-1901 N Moore St Arlington VA 22209 703 525-1695 Fax: 703 528-2148 isea@safetyequipment.org Web: www.safetyequipment.org Pres Daniel K Shipp Internet Based Learning Ltd. 687 Whitehaven Cres London ON N6G 4V6 519 850-9892 Fax: 519 850-2254 info@ibl.ca Web: www.whmis.net Dir-Sls/Mktg Paul Williams J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. PO Box 368 Neenah WI 54957-0368 3003 W Breezewood Ln 920 722-2848 Toll-Free: 800 327-6868 Toll-Free Fax: 800 727-7516 sales@jjkeller.com Web: www.jjkeller.com/jjk Dir-New Bus Dev David Ellis LEHDER Environmental Services Limited 210-704 Mara St Point Edward ON N7V 1X4 519 336-4101 Fax: 519 336-4311 Toll-Free: 877 534-3371 info@lehder.com Web: www.lehder.com Principal Mark Roehler Branch Office: Edmonton, Alberta: 780 462-4099 Fax: 780 462-4392 info@lehder.com. Monarch Regulatory Services Inc. 20 Kings Gate Dundas ON L9H 3Z7 905 628-6631 Fax: 905 628-9252 Web: www.monarchregservices.ca Dir Chrim Middleton National Institute of Disability Management and Research 4755 Cherry Creek Road Port Alberni BC V9Y 0A7 778 421-0821 Ext. 201 Fax: 778 421-0823 nidmar@nidmar.ca Web: www.nidmar.ca Asst Exec Dir Joyce Gravelle Occupational Safety Group (OSG) 3330 Dingman Dr London ON N6E 3W8 519 850-4000 Fax: 519 850-1020 Toll-Free: 800 815-9980 info@osg.ca Web: www.osg.ca CEO Mark Lisburn

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Violence Prevention ARETE Safety 204-2323 Quebec St Vancouver BC V5T 4S7 604 732-1799 Fax: 604 732-1798 Toll-Free: 877 337-1122 aretesafety@arete.ca Web: www.arete.ca Crisis Prevention Institute 600-10850 West Park Pl Milwaukee WI 53224 Fax: 262 979-7162 Toll-Free: 800 558-8976 info@crisisprevention.com Web: www.crisisprevention.com Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP 3600-155 Wellington St W Toronto ON M5V 3H1 416 862-8280 Fax: 416 862-8247 Toll-Free: 800 411-2900 info@mathewsdinsdale.com Web: www.mathewsdinsdale.com Partner Mark D Mills Stringer LLP, Management Lawyers 1100-110 Yonge St Toronto ON M5C 1T4 416 862-1616 Fax: 416 363-7358 Toll-Free: 866 821-7306 info@stringerllp.com Web: www.stringerllp.com YOW Canada Inc. 1306 Algoma Rd Ottawa ON K1B 3W8 613 688-2845 Fax: 613 248-0711 Toll-Free: 866 688-2845 info@yowcanada.com Web: www.yowcanada.com

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WHMIS, Training, MSDS etc. Danatec Educational Services Ltd. 201-11450 29 St SE Calgary AB T2Z 3V5 403 232-6950 Fax: 403 232-6952 Toll-Free: 800 465-3366 info@danatec.com Web: www.danatec.com Bus Dev Alina Martin Debolt Data Depository 10818 Jasper Ave Box 35046, Midtown Post Office Edmonton AB T5J 0B7 780 428-4992 Fax: 780 633-4025 info@deboltdata.com Web: www.deboltdata.com Sls Mgr Paul J Cachia ICC The Compliance Center Inc. 7-205 Matheson Blvd E Mississauga ON L4Z 1X8 905 890-7228 Fax: 905 890-7070 Toll-Free: 888 977-4834 Toll-Free Fax: 866 821-0735 sales@thecompliancecenter.com Web: www.thecompliancecenter.com Mktg Mgr Jennifer Fiorello Internet Based Learning Ltd. 687 Whitehaven Cres London ON N6G 4V6 519 850-9892 Fax: 519 850-2254 info@ibl.ca Web: www.whmis.net Dir-Sls/Mktg Paul Williams Monarch Regulatory Services Inc. 20 Kings Gate Dundas ON L9H 3Z7 905 628-6631 Fax: 905 628-9252 Web: www.monarchregservices.ca Dir Chrim Middleton St. John Ambulance National Office 400-1900 City Park Dr Ottawa ON K1J 1A3 613 236-7461 Fax: 613 236-2425 clientservices@nhq.sja.ca Web: www.sja.ca Dir-Training Mario D’Angelo

Work Alone Safety Canadian Safety Equipment Inc. 114-2465 Cawthra Rd Mississauga ON L5A 3P2 905 949-2741 Fax: 905 272-1866 Toll-Free: 800 265-0182 info@cdnsafety.com Web: www.cdnsafety.com Grace Industries, Inc. 305 Bend Hill Rd Fredonia PA 16124 724 962-9231 Fax: 724 962-3611 Toll-Free: 800 969-6933 info@graceindustries.com Web: www.graceindustries.com Sls Mgr Dan Smith

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INDEX Absorbents............................................50 Air Filter/Purifier .................................50 Air Nozzles............................................50 Air Purification Systems ........................50 Air Purifying Respirators........................50 Air Quality Monitoring...........................52 Air Quality, Indoor.................................52 Air Sampling.........................................52 Alcohol and Drug Testing ......................52 Aprons, Welder......................................53 Association, Safety.................................53 Audio and Lung Function Testing............53 Barrier Cream.......................................53 Books, Booklets, Notebooks...................53 Boots, Safety.........................................53 Breathing Air.........................................53 CPR Devices & Equipment......................53 Certification and Testing.........................53 Chairs, Ergonomic..................................53 Cleaning Supplies, Environmental...........54 Conferences...........................................54 Confined Space......................................54 Consultants, Environmental....................55 Consultants, Ergonomic..........................55 Consultants, Human Factors...................55 Consultants, OH&S.................................55 Consultants, Occupational Hygiene.........56 Consultants, Workers’ Compensation .....56 Consulting, Engineering.........................56 Controls, Static.......................................56 Disability Management..........................57 Driving Safety.......................................57 Dust Measurement Instruments..............57 Ear Muffs..............................................57 Ear Plugs...............................................57 Emergency Equipment...........................57 Emergency Response.............................57 Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)......58 Environmental Services..........................58 Ergonomic Supplies and Equipment........58

Ergonomic Tables...................................58 Eyewash, Emergency.............................58 Face Protection......................................59 Fall Protection ......................................59 Fans & Blowers . ...................................59 Filtration Systems..................................59 Firefighting Equipment...........................60 First Aid................................................60 First Aid Training...................................60 Flame-Resistant Clothing........................60 Footrests...............................................60 Footwear, Slip-Resistant.........................62 Fork Lift Training...................................62 Functional Abilities Evaluation................62 Gas Detection .......................................62 Gas Detector Tubes................................62 Gas Detectors........................................62 Gas Masks.............................................64 Glasses, Safety......................................64 Gloves...................................................64 Gloves, Disposable.................................65 Gloves, Protective..................................65 Goggles, Safety.....................................66 Guarding, Machine................................66 Hand Cleaners.......................................66 Hard Hats..............................................66 Hazardous Materials Management.........68 Hazardous Waste, Treatment, Removal...68 Health & Safety Database Collections/Management.......................68 Health Services......................................68 Health, Occupational..............................68 Hearing Protection . ..............................68 Hearing Testing.....................................70 Heat Stress Monitors..............................70 Heat Stress, Drinks, Equipment...............70 High-Visibility Apparel...........................70 Human Resources Management.............70 Hygiene................................................70 Identifications Products..........................70

Impact/Vibration Protection...................72 Incentives and Promotions.....................72 Independent Medical Evaluations............72 Infection Control Products......................72 Instrumentation . ..................................72 Job Site Analysis/ Physical Demands Analysis . .................... 72 Knives, Safety.......................................72 Laboratory Services...............................73 Law, Environmental...............................73 Law, OH&S, WCB...................................73 Lead Abatement....................................73 Legislation ...........................................73 Lens Cleaners........................................73 Lifting Equipment..................................73 Lighting, Explosion-Proof.......................73 Lockout Equipment................................74 MSDS Management Authoring & Distribution........................................74 Material Handling..................................74 Mats ....................................................74 Mats, Anti-Fatigue.................................74 Mats, Anti-Slip.......................................74 Newsletters ..........................................75 Noise Control.........................................75 Noise Dosimeters...................................75 Noise Measurement/Testing...................75 Occupational Medicine...........................75 Online Training......................................75 Personal Protective Apparel....................76 Personal Protective Equipment...............76 Publishers.............................................78 Radio Remote Controls...........................78 Rainwear...............................................78 Reflective Apparel..................................78 Rescue, Confined Space, High Angle.......80 Respirator Fit Testers.............................80 Respirators............................................80 Respiratory Protection............................80 Return-to-Work.....................................81

Safety Flooring......................................81 Safety Manuals, Posters, Etc...................81 Safety Products, Traffic..........................81 Safety Products, Utility...........................81 Safety Programs, Training......................82 Safety Railings......................................82 Safety Supplies & Equipment..................82 Safety, Pre-Start Reviews.......................84 Seating, Ergonomic................................84 Security, Padlock...................................84 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus.......84 Showers, Emergency..............................84 Signs and Labels....................................84 Skin Care Products.................................85 Sleep Management . .............................85 Slip Control............................................85 Software, Accident Investigation, Risk Analysis....................85 Software, Audit, WCB, WHMIS................85 Software, Health & Safety......................85 Software, Human Resources...................86 Sound Level Meters................................86 Spill Cleanup, Supplies, Services.............86 Substance Abuse Assessments . ..............86 TDG Training.........................................86 Thermal Imaging Systems......................86 Training Aids & Manuals........................86 Training and Education..........................86 Transportation of Dangerous Goods........87 Uniform Services...................................88 Ventilation Assessment & Testing............88 Ventilation, Confined Space....................88 Violence Prevention...............................88 WHMIS Training.....................................88 WHMIS, Training, MSDS, Etc...................88 Work Alone Safety.................................88 Workplace Audits...................................88 Workstations.........................................88

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SPEAK IN TONGUES: Two transit employees in Montreal made a mockery of a church minister when he requested to buy a train pass in Anglais. The 55-year-old minister from Pincourt, Quebec claimed the two employees laughed at him, saying they “don’t serve English people.” He said he called in to lodge a complaint but was dismissed on the phone. It was only after his story was carried by the city’s English-language media that he received a call from the transit authority’s legal department, QMI Agency reported in July. A spokesperson for the transit authority said she could not comment on the specifics of the case, but noted that Quebec’s language law does not allow an employer to compel an employee to speak any language other than French on the job, unless their specific duties require them to know another language. The minister reportedly said he wants a public apology and a year’s worth of free metro passes — or cash equivalent. COOL STUFF: It has often been said that beauty lies in

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60 years too late is just not going to fly. A crop sprayer was injured in 1953 after the light aircraft he was operating crashed near Neepawa, Manitoba. He filed a claim to the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba in June, 2012 for medical bills incurred during the eight months he spent in hospital following the incident, The Canadian Press reported in July. But his claim was rejected — not because it came more than half a century late, but for not having any coverage at the time of the incident, said board spokesperson Warren Preece in Winnipeg. The claimant, who says he is not disappointed or surprised that his claim was rejected, took it all in his stride, noting that some of the people the board needed to talk to were no longer around.

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GROOVE IN WOODS: The sight of a police officer drumming under a tree in rural Alberta may sound too surreal to be real, but that was what took place when an RCMP officer spotted a drum set while on patrol. The Mountie got out of his vehicle and asked a group of campers nearby who the set belonged to. The group fessed up, thinking they had done something wrong, but the cop surprised them by ripping a solo right on the spot, The Canadian Press reported in July. The veteran Mountie, who used to play as a guitarist in rock bars in Saskatchewan in the ‘80s, said the jam session in the woods was just another day at work. BOVINE PURSUIT: Employees at a meat processing facility in Michigan were given a taste of pastoral life when they had to chase down a cow that escaped from its trailer. The wily bovine apparently got loose when the trailer was not located close enough to the processing facility’s gate. When the trailer was opened, the cow saw its chance for freedom and bolted, cutting through a few neighbours’ lawns before crossing a highway, The Bay City Times reported in July. It took some 10 minutes before employees managed to corral the 312-kilogram beast and put it down safely. LICKIN’ GOOD: Before a trial involving a child custody case could wrap up, an attorney in Hawaii found himself embroiled in another trial — except this time, he was the accused. A former client testified that while discussing her child custody case last year, the 64-year-old attorney made sexual advances toward her, making a weird sound and hugging her tightly before licking the back of her right ear, the Associated Press reported in July. The attorney denied the accusations, claiming the woman had initiated the hug. The court found the attorney guilty of harassment and ordered him to a pay a $250 fine. FINAL REQUEST: One man’s dying wish is another’s good fortune. A young man, who wanted to make someone else’s day by leaving a big fat tip when he dies, got what he wished for. Relatives of the 30-year-old, who passed away on July 7, fulfilled his final wish by dining at a pizzeria in Lexington, Kentucky and giving the waitress a whopping $500 tip, CNN reported in July. The moment, captured on video and posted online with a link to the family’s memorial page, netted almost $30,000 in donations for the family to continue such random acts of kindness. PERFECT JOB: Consuming oodles of dark, rich and luxu-

rious chocolate for a living is likely to be the dream job of many. But Britain’s chief chocolate taster, Angus Kennedy, gave up what is probably the world’s sweetest job over fears of a heart attack. The 47-year-old editor of a candy trade publication in the United Kingdom had gained 13 kilograms from eating about a kilogram of candies each day since landing the role in 2010, the U.K.’s Metro reported in July. Kennedy, who quitted his job to ward off cardiovascular ills, said he has started exercising to get back to a healthy weight. Follow us on Twitter @OHSCanada

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