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Alberta students taking workplace safety ads to heart

gusonthehill@hotmail.com (Gus) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:54:00 +0000

Jason Markusoff, Calgary Herald

Published: Thursday, October 30, 2008

Jason Reid covered his face as he heard the bone cracking and saw the leg breaking at the ankle.

The worker-safety video may be a dramatization, but it was based on a forklift mishap that really happened to a lumber-yard worker, Reid and his classmates were told.

"It kind of made me cringe right up," the Grade 12 student at Bert Church High School in Airdrie said, after watching six graphic online ads in a multimedia campaign the province released online.

Other ads showed a teen slicing his fingers while carelessly chopping parsley, one getting scalded by a deep-fryer, and another slamming to the floor after climbing a shoe-store ladder in high heels.

"Blood's not so bad for me," Reid said. "Broken bones, I find painful to watch. It seemed really lifelike, and likely -- but definitely avoidable."

That's roughly the reaction Alberta Employment officials are hoping for: a dash of shock and a dollop of realization that preventable accidents happen when workers aren't careful. The ministry's Karen MacDonald told Reid's apprenticeship training class that on an average day, six young workers suffer an injury that keeps them from going to work the next day.

Nick Strong, also in the class, recalled seeing an industrial drill break a co-worker's jaw. The 17-year-old is grateful he's learning about safety in school, but said many colleagues don't understand workplace risks.

"A lot of people just show up there and they don't have a lot of common sense. They don't have experience," he said.

The $850,000 Bloodylucky.ca campaign was ready to launch a year ago, but Conservative MLAs opposed the graphic images, so it was shelved.

Since then, the government conducted focus-group research with teens, and slightly retooled the campaign without toning down the bloody content that gives the videos a 14-A rating, government spokesman Barrie Harrison said. Viewers aged 15 and 16 said they couldn't believe the scenarios were realistic -- and then were shocked when told they had actually happened, Harrison said.

Older teens, meanwhile, often have more job experience and understand how real the risks are, he said.

Governments from Australia to Ontario and Quebec have launched similar TV campaigns designed to grab viewers' attention.

Gil McGowan of the Alberta Federation of Labour said the ads unfairly depict young workers as stupid, and pay little attention to the employer's responsibilities.

jmarkusoff@theherald.canwest.com

© The Calgary Herald 2008

Roofing company fined for safety violation

gusonthehill@hotmail.com (Gus) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:52:00 +0000

Last Updated: Monday, November 10, 2008 | 10:22 AM NT

A Mount Pearl construction company has been fined for letting roofing employees work in unsafe conditions, the Newfoundland and Labrador government said Monday.

T.J.'s Roofing pleaded guilty to one violation of provincial occupational health and safety regulations during an appearance last week in provincial court, the Department of Government Services said in a release.

The company had been charged with two counts, following a December 2006 inspection in which employees were found working at a housing construction site in St. John's without "proper fall protection," the department said.

No one was injured at the time.

The company paid a $2,000 fine, as well as a victim fine surcharge of $300.

The company was also ordered to pay for a mandatory fall protection training course.

Website Update

noreply@blogger.com (Emily) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:11:00 +0000

A new page has been added to the website. Please check out the Fall Protection Certification page for details about our fall protection certification services.

The Electrical Arc Flash safety bulletin has also been updated, check out the Safety Bulletins page to see the updated PDF.

The contact page also has a new, interactive Google map, to make it even easier to get directions.

In the background, there have also been some updates to the coding, which will speed up load times on slower connections.

Website Update

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:03:00 +0000

The catalogue has been updated with new page borders for all sections. The section covers have also been updated to include the icons.

In addition to some minor edits to information, two new products have been added.

On page 173 (under Medical Products): an additional eye wash station sign has been added.
On page 210 (under General Maintenance): housekeeping signs have been added.

There is also a new five page document of additional identification products (various new signs and traffic control items). You can find links to download this document on the section 07: Hazard Control page and on the catalogue download page with the list of dowloadable documents for section 07: Hazard Control.

Website & PDF Catalogue Update

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:44:00 +0000

The PDF catalogue has been updated. Minor edits have been made to most sections.

New website features have also been added. An educational resources tab has been added to the menu, including links to our safety bulletins and to MSA U, an online training centre which has training programs for various MSA products.

We also have a new area accessible only to our valued customers.

WSIB's "Prevent It" Commercials

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:36:00 +0000

We've added a new link to our website, for WSIB's hard-hitting television commercials. These commercials show how severe workplace injuries can be while reminding viewers that everyone plays a role in avoiding and preventing workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. (Flash, off-site)

Website and PDF Catalogue Update

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:24:00 +0000

The PDF catalogue has been updated. Edits have been made for section 06: Fall Protection through section 10: Industrial products. Additional minor edits have been made to earlier sections.

Website Update

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:36:00 +0000

Corrections have been made to pages in the catalogue, for section 01: Instrumentation through section 05: Respiratory Protection.

Additional interactivity has also been added for the full PDF catalogue. If you show "bookmarks" in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat, you can easily navigate to the table of contents, the index, and each of the 10 section title pages.

Hyperlinks have been added to the index, just click on the appropriate page number for the item in question and you will be redirected to the page featuring that item. For item categories which span multiple pages, you will be directed to the page number you click on.

Hyperlinks have also been added to the catalogue table of contents and the contents listed on the section title pages. Click on the page number and you will be redirected to the page requested. For the section title pages, you can also click on the text to be directed to the first page listed for that category.

Our credit application and service work order form have also been re-vamped and are Adobe Reader enabled. With Adobe Reader, you can save a copy of the data typed into these forms in PDF format as well as e-mail completed forms to ISS. You may need to upgrade your free copy of Adobe Reader for this functionality.

Downloadable Safety Bulletins Now Available

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:10:00 +0000

Safety bulletins outlining the latest OH & S standards are now conveniently available for download from our website, in PDF format.

Safety Bulletins Currently Available:

New Video Links

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:18:00 +0000

Links to informational and instructional videos have been added to our website.

Check out the videos for:

Website Update

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:42:00 +0000

Our PDF catalogue has been updated. The full catalogue is now only available for download as a zipped archive, due to file size. You will need to use an archive extractor such as WinZip or Stuff It Expander to view the PDF contained inside. Individual PDFs are still available to download for sections and subsections.

Along with a few changed pages throughout the catalogue, there is new interactivity. If you show "bookmarks" in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat, you will be able to easily navigate to the table of contents and the index in the full PDF catalogue. From the table of contents, you can navigate to the beginning of each section by clicking on the section number or the section title.

Also, new PDFs have been created for our featured products. Now you can download a single page PDF for each featured product that has details in our catalogue.

Lynx™ Tripod Confined Space Entry Kit

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:29:00 +0000

CSA approved

FP-10048472
$2,899.00
*limited time only

Kit contents are listed in our catalogue:
279 KB

Permanent Roof Anchor

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:20:00 +0000

For use with 2" x 4" trusses/ beams

FP-10016468
$24.00
*limited time only

Additional details are listed in our catalogue:
308 KB

Standard Lockout/ Tagout Kit

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:12:00 +0000

LOK-KSK234
$147.00
*limited time only

Contact customer service for a list of contents.

Arc Flash Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Kit

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:03:00 +0000

Category 2/ 20 Cal

CP-6222900-(coverall size)-(glove size)
$550.00
*limited time only

Kit contents are listed in our catalogue:
239 KB

Edit: Image changed to more accurately reflect kit contents

New Website & Catalogue Updated

noreply@blogger.com (Emily) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:58:00 +0000

Our new website has just launched!

Our PDF catalogue has also been updated.

If you have any comments, please send email to internationalsafetysystems@gmail.com

Welcome

noreply@blogger.com (International Safety Systems Inc.) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:55:00 +0000

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