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NAOSH Week 2008 Start Today…Live it Everyday! Each year during North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week, the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, and Alberta Employment, Industry and Immigration partner together to support businesses, community organizations and their local municipal government in informing the public of the importance of health and safety in the workplace. The goal of NAOSH Week is to focus the attention of employers, employees, the general public and all partners in occupational safety, health and the environment on the importance of preventing injury and illness in the workplace. NAOSH Week 2008 is scheduled from May 4th— 10th with the theme “Start Today...Live it Everyday!” Subtopics of the theme include: • Focus on Hazards. • Use Safe Guards and Safe Gears. • Follow Safe Work Practices. • Look Out for Yourself and Others. We encourage you to begin your planning now on how to best promote health and safety in your community during NAOSH Week. NAOSH Week Ideas • • Host a speakers conference or breakfast with presenters speaking on various health and safety related topics. Invite speakers from the local fire department of other emergency response departments to speak • about emergency response procedures. Use NAOSH Week as an opportunity to launch a new aspect of your occupational health and safety program. • • Present health and safety displays, films or demonstrations. Place NAOSH Week messages in your organizations communications materials such as employee newsletters, pay envelopes, and email. NAOSH Week Resources • • • • The 2008 Safety and Health Week Resource Guide is available at www.naosh.ca. Information about NAOSH Week is available on Work Safe Alberta’s Information Sharing Network at www.worksafely.org. NAOSH Week promotional products such as mugs, t-shirts, and pens are available to order on-line at www.naosh.ca or at csse.org. The Canadian Society of Safety Engineering website provides information on how you can get involved with NAOSH Week, ideas for your NAOSH Week activities and working with the media. Visit www.csse.org/content/ naosh for more information. Visit www.naosh.ca to view this years resource guide Work Safe Alberta Resources Work Safe Passport E-Learning Tools The Work Safe Passport provides workers with an official record of workplace health and safety training that they complete. Training may be provided by schools, other training institutions, or employers. Young Worker Resources Work Safe Alberta encourages young workers to work in a healthy and safe manner. Resources available include: • Young worker “what are you working for” awareness posters. • X-treme Safety Booklets. • Take Charge Cards filled with information to help young workers understand their rights and responsibilities. Various Work Safe Alberta resources are available free of charge to assist with promoting health and safety during NAOSH Week and throughout the year Work Safe Alberta Resource Contact and Order Information: Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry: E-mail: WHS@gov.ab.ca WHS Contact Centre: 1-866-415-8690 Several interactive, web-based awareness programs have been designed to provide Albertans opportunities to gain awareness and knowledge in various workplace health and safety topics such as: • Backs and Bums: Applying Basic Ergonomics • Impairment and Workplace Health and Safety • Workplace Health and Safety for School Selected programs are available on CDs. NAOSH WEEK 2008 Speakers for your NAOSH Week Event If you are planning on hosting a NAOSH Week Breakfast or Conference you may want to consider the following suggestions: • Invite a local MLA to speak about the importance of health and safety in the community. • Invite someone who has experienced a workplace incident to share their experience and thoughts about the importance of • workplace health and safety. Invite a company representative who has a well-developed health and safety program to speak about their health and safety programs and initiatives. Sample Speaker Topics Fatigue Management • Pandemic Planning • Workplace safety for new immigrant workers • Safe Driving • Emergency Preparation • Violence in the Workplace • Confined Space Safety • Fire Safety • Fall Protection • Young Worker Safety • Ergonomics • Impairment • “Students are the workers Involving Youth with NAOSH Week It is important to make youth aware of workplace safety and health at an early age since students are the workers and business leaders of tomorrow. Workplace health and safety education will help young workers stay safe throughout their careers. Some ideas on how to include youth with NAOSH Week include: • Have speakers available to speak to students in the schools. • • and business leaders of tomorrow” If you plan on hosting an NAOSH Week Speakers conference, sponsor students to attend. Invite school classes to your company for a tour and emphasize the importance of workplace health and safety. • Show students how to use various personal protective equipment. Submitting Your NAOSH Week Events Once you have finalized your event details, please send an e-mail to naosh@gov.ab.ca with the following information: • • • • Event date and time Location of event Description of event (including cost if applicable) Contact information of event organizer The information received will then be posted on the naosh.ca website. The Chair of the Alberta NAOSH Week committee and a representative from the Alberta Government are visiting various regional committee planning meetings to assist with NAOSH Week planning. If you are interested in having them visit your meeting please send an e-mail to naosh@gov.ab.ca. NAOSH Regional Committee Contact List 2007/2008 Contact you Regional Committee Representative or e-mail naosh@gov.ab.ca for more information to help you successfully plan your NAOSH Week 2008 event. Regional Committee Position Contact Name Contact Information Edmonton NAOSH Co-Chair Sarah King Phone: (780) 452-6161 Email: sarah.king@stjohn.ab.ca Alberta Central (Red Deer) Calgary NAOSH Chair Rod Schmidt Phone: (403) 342-7650 Email: rodschmidt@exheng.com NAOSH Chair CSSE Chapter Chair TBA Alternative: Rob Morrow Rhonda Worrall Email: naoshrep@cssecalgary.com Email: Rmorphew@calgarycoop.com Southern Alberta NAOSH Committee Lakeland Region (Lloydminster and area) NAOSH Chair Phone: (403) 320-8378 E-mail: info@southernsafety.ab.ca NAOSH Contact Ken Hood Phone: (306) 825-3604 Cell: (306) 821-6628 Email: ken.hood@lpsd.ca Fort McMurray NAOSH Contact Mulford Clark Phone: (780) 790 – 5471 Email: clark.mulford@syncrude.com Whitecourt Alberta Northwest (Grande Prairie) NAOSH Contact NAOSH Contact Ron Allen Sandy Dunkley Email: ronallen@telusplanet.net Phone: (780) 539-6601 Cell: (780) 882-1004 Email: safety@shanco.ca Medicine Hat North of 60 (Yellowknife) NAOSH Contact NAOSH Contact Ron Davis Bruce Graney Email: rondavis5@gmail.com Phone: (867) 669-4418 Email: BruceAG@wcb.nt.ca