Monday, September 17, 2018 - 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Session
WD
Date
Monday, September 17, 2018
Time
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Classification
All Audiences
Title of Presentation
Deconstruction of a Workplace Fatality
Session Description
This interactive workshop will guide participants through a Workplace Fatality (based on as real case). As a group, we will deconstruct the fatality from the court decision into witnesses, evidence, facts, as well as identify the strengths and weaknesses throughout. This workshop will be led by Norm Keith of Fasken Martineau and Wes Mazur of Grand River OHS Inc. Their combined experience with workplace fatalities will benefit participants of all experience levels.
Learning Objectives
Understand the many elements of a workplace fatality. Have experience with the steps and process from a workplace fatality to a courts decision. Apply what they have learned in their own workplace.
Speakers
Mr. Wes Mazur
President & Team Lead
Company
Grand River Occupational Health & Safety Inc.
Bio
Wes is a former WSIB Workwell Evaluator and regulatory Safety Enforcement Officer with the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Wes is also an instructor at Conestoga College, and speaks nationally at various health and safety conferences and events.
With more than 18 years of experience in various management, consulting, specialist and enforcement roles of occupational health and safety, Wes leads the Grand River OHS team to offer clients with solutions to meet today’s ever-changing health and safety requirements.
Mr. Norm Keith
Senior Partner
Company
Fasken Martineau
Bio
Mr. Keith is the leading occupational health and safety (OHS) lawyer in Canada. He advises and represents employers, officers and directors, and managers regarding OHS/WSIB compliance, accident investigations, and litigation across Canada. He has successfully defended hundreds of OHS prosecutions at trials and appeals. He advises employers on legal compliance with OHS law across Canada. Mr. Keith has written many of the leading texts in this field, including Canadian Health and Safety Law, Canadian Emergency Management and Response Manual, and Workplace Health and Safety Crimes (3rd Edition), dealing with the amendments to the Criminal Code dealing with the Westray Mine Disaster. Mr. Keith was the first practising lawyer in Canada to achieve the Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) designation. He is a highly sought after speaker by employers, business associations, bar associations, universities, and risk management conferences. He has been a course developer and an instructor in the ASSE Global Safety Risk Management certificate course since 2013. He has been a judge for the prestigious Thomson Reuters Canada's Safest Employer Awards since 2014.
Session
WE
Date
Monday, September 17, 2018
Time
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Classification
Intermediate
Title of Presentation
Weed at Work: Medical or Legal - What's My Role? My Responsibility?
Session Description
Regardless of whether your employees are using marijuana for medical purposes or recreationally, the health and safety implications for workplaces are many. Managing this complex topic requires specialized knowledge in several key areas: the science of the substance, the role of a workplace drug and alcohol policy, and strategies for effective workplace management. It also requires employers to bring together a combination of resources for effective oversight and program application. Coordinating these various components may seem daunting but, as with most things, is doable with a thoughtful strategy and planned approach.
This session is designed to provide you with insight and practical tools to educate your workforce, protect your organization and mitigate overall risk. Current best practices will be presented and discussed, with an action plan for successful implementation.
Learning Objectives
Explain how the safety concerns with marijuana differ from alcohol. Identify required policy components to address marijuana use. Identify the key elements of a safety management system to address marijuana use.
Speaker
Ms. Nadine Wentzell
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Consultant
Company
Nadine Wentzell Consulting Inc
Bio
Nadine Wentzell is a Workplace Drug and Alcohol Consultant with over 25 years’ experience addressing the health and safety risks of substance abuse in the workplace. She is a pharmacist, consultant, speaker, educator, facilitator and author. Nadine’s work is customized to individual client needs with a focus on effective implementation and application. Her expertise includes policy development, supervisor training and employee education. In the process she builds the infrastructure to support a comprehensive drug and alcohol program. Nadine conducts audits to ensure programs are current to best practices, meeting client identified goals and objectives. She works with small, medium and large unionized and non-unionized companies across the country and internationally. Nadine’s focus is on fostering cultural change to achieve the ultimate goal of safe workplaces and healthy people.