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1 Consulting IAPA s professional consulting staff, support member firms with their health and safety needs. Consultants provide a number of basic health and safety services including: assessing training needs providing health and safety information offering information on machine guarding supplying ergonomics solutions In addition to these basic services, IAPA Consultants also provide: assistance in developing systematic, written health and safety program procedures on-site customized training loss control management services for organizations with larger, more sophisticated health and safety systems customized services to address unique health and safety needs To arrange for an IAPA Consultant to visit your workplace today, call IAPA. Index Page Consulting Technical / Occupational Hygiene Ergonomics Free Downloads from IAPA Website Information Centre Safety Rules Loss Management , 10,11,12 5

2 Technical / Occupational Hygiene To maintain their economic health, organizations need to identify, evaluate and control workplace health hazards before they affect the health of employees. To help member firms control and prevent ergonomic and hygiene-related injuries and illnesses, IAPA s Technical Consultants can provide expertise and assistance in: identifying potential health hazards assessing hazards to isolate causes recommending corrective action to control and eliminate hazards For a nominal fee, IAPA Technical Consultants can also provide: air quality sampling chemical assessments noise level surveys heat exposure measurements customized, on-site technical courses Our Technical Consultants also provide written reports containing actionable and practical recommendations customized for your organization. Loss Management IAPA s Loss Management Division works directly with organizations across Canada to expand their knowledge of loss management activities, and discover new methods to sustain high performance. Loss Management can demonstrate cost advantages of loss control management principles and methods. The Loss Management team delivers: solution-based consulting services IAPA Integrated Management System (IMS) assessments customized assessment services interactive training courses See page 10 for details and course descriptions. Ergonomics Repetitive strain injuries (RSIs) account for nearly 50% of all lost-time injuries in Ontario. While your employee endures physical pain, as an employer, you are confronted with increased costs from reduced production and sick time. Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI): Costs, Causes, Controls This interactive training helps you improve self-sufficiency by identifying ergonomics hazards and developing solutions. Public and customized in-plant versions are available for the industrial or office environment. Ergonomic Assessments This assessment will support the development of an effective ergonomics program for your workplace. Customized Training Based on your individual needs we can develop customized training sessions and workshops, such as: Manual Material Handling / Back Safety Ergonomics Awareness Office Ergonomics Workshop How to Complete a Physical Demands Analysis Starting an Ergonomics Program Benefits of a successful ergonomics program include: increased productivity reduced injury costs improved worker morale satisfying your company s due diligence requirements under the Occupational Health and Safety Act IAPA Information Centre The IAPA Information Centre houses one of Canada s largest and evergrowing collections of occupational health and safety information. Our information specialists are always on hand and willing to help answer your health and safety questions or direct you to the resources that can help you. Call our Inquiries line at or to obtain information on: 6 IAPA has developed programs and services to address the problems of RSIs. To Order Call IAPA (4272)

3 health and safety management systems joint health and safety committees ergonomics Ontario legislation and standards industrial hygiene occupational medicine chemical hazards machine safety You can also make an appointment to visit our Toronto Information Centre and take advantage of OH&S information in: more than 8,000 books, reports, standards, data sheets, studies, thousands of articles in over 300 journal and newsletter titles hundreds of online databases in health and safety, scientific, medical and business fields our specialized collection of health and safety standards the latest government documents and legislation electronic resources, including CD-ROMs Info News, IAPA s current awareness subscription service providing recently published articles on occupational health and safety* *Note: Subscribers may choose up to fifteen articles from each issue they want to receive via mail. This service is available for a small fee to cover postage and administration costs. To order, call the Information Centre at or Statistics IAPA can increase your understanding of the nature of work-related injuries and illnesses in your industry. Our Statistics provide information to member firms on manufacturing sector work-related injuries and illnesses in Ontario, including injury analysis, claim counts, and firm profiles. We provide injury analysis (describing the events that resulted from work-related injuries and illnesses) for firms and/or industries, and statistical analyses of injuries for specific geographical areas (divisions, sections or municipalities). You can also review details of the most widespread occupational injuries, common types of accidents and effects on the injured. Firm profiles are helpful for member companies who wish to evaluate their accident prevention programs. Profiles offer WSIB financial statistics, firm frequency, and industry averages for a period of six years. For more information on IAPA Statistics, contact Free Downloads from IAPA s Website IAPA wants to make it more convenient for you to access health and safety information so that you can make your workplace a healthier and safer place for everyone. Now you can read and download information free of charge without leaving your workplace. Keep checking us out for new information. To access any of these documents, please visit and click on the Free Downloads button on the home page. Certification Determining Significant Hazards at Work, A guide for Employers and JHSCs Health and Safety Action Plan Form Machinery/Equipment Inventory Form WHMIS Inventory Form Workplace Hazard Assessment Form Forms Health and Safety Action Plan Form Machinery Equipment Inventory Form Meeting Agenda Form Meeting Minutes Recording Form Notice Board Sheet Notice of Recommendations Form WHMIS Inventory Form WHMIS Training Requirements - A Checklist for Action Workplace Hazard Assessment Form Workplace Inspection Recording Form Health Hazards Carbon Monoxide in the Workplace Hearing Conservation Heat Stress Fact Sheet Lighting at Work Noise Control, A Guide for Employers and Employees Personal Protective Equipment for Women Silica in the Workplace Strains and Sprains in the Printing Trades Stress at Work; Taking Control Understanding Stress at Work VDT Workstation Design Fact Sheet Ventilation Visit 7

4 Free Downloads from IAPA s Website (cont d) Health & Safety Guidelines and Fact Sheets: Very practical, concise information (often with checklists and illustrations) that can be used to improve your health and safety program. Titles include: Abrasive Grinding Wheels Air Powered Hand Tools Fire Extinguishers Fire Protection First Aid at Work Flammable Liquids Storage Health & Safety Representatives Fact Sheet Heat Stress Fact Sheet Housekeeping at Work How to Conduct Workplace Inspections Induction Training Laboratory Safety Ladders Joint Health & Safety Committee Meeting Agenda Form Meeting Minutes Recording Form Notice Board Sheet Notice of Recommendations Form Lockout Manual Materials Handling Planned Accident Prevention Portable Electric Tools Preventive Maintenance Reporting Injuries & Illnesses Rolling Scaffolds Safety Signs & Colour at Work Static Electricity Stress at Work: Taking Control Understanding Stress at Work VDT Workstation Design Walking & Working Surfaces Work Permits IAPA Presentations Regularly updated information that has been presented at conferences. Research Reports Coming Soon! An Accident Costing Model for Use by Industry Commercial Printing Industry Safety & Health Guide Health & Safety Approaches in the Workplace Integrating Health & Safety into Your Manufacturing Organization Strains and Sprains in the Printing Trades Workplace Literacy and Health & Safety Safety Rules Coming Soon! IAPA has developed a comprehensive set of General Safety Rules to provide a framework for ensuring positive standards of behaviour for all staff in your organization. General Safety Rules have been translated into 21 languages: Armenian Chinese English Farsi French German Greek Hindi Italian Oji-Cree Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Small Business Health Hazards Health and Safety Guidelines and Fact Sheets Safety Rules WHMIS Serbo-Croatian Sinhalese Spanish Tagalog Tamil Turkish Vietnamese Coming soon Coming soon Coming soon Coming soon WHMIS WHMIS Inventory Form WHMIS Training Requirements - A Checklist for Action To access any of these documents, please visit the IAPA website at and click on the "Free Downloads" button on the home page. Health and Safety Information at your finger tips 8 To Order Call IAPA (4272) *PST exempt

5 Loss Management Controlling avoidable losses can play a major role in reducing costs and increasing profits. Even the most successful health, safety, environment and quality programs can be improved by integrating loss management into these activities. Businesses and organizations from across Canada have turned to IAPA for their loss management needs. Consulting Our consultants can help you integrate your health and safety program into existing management systems such as quality, finance, human and environmental protection resources. knowledge and tools to effectively handle your role in managing health and safety in your workplace. Based on IAPA s new IMS System and IAPA s Continual Improvement Managing System (CIMS), this highly interactive course will help you identify the priority actions you must take to successfully fulfill your responsibilities. They can also collaborate with you on developing practical action plans and strategies to help with program implementation. Working with you they can create a plan, based on your needs, to cut implementation costs and overcome barriers to change. Customized Loss Management Training By customizing training to your workforce and needs, your employees are more likely to retain and use the information they learn. Knowledge and skills are upgraded uniformly, making the changes more likely to be accepted and implemented. You decide who to train, select the loss management topics, choose the time, location, and level of training. Auditing for Continual Improvement *PST exempt NEW! This course gives you the knowledge and skills required to evaluate your company s managed system performance against a standard and to guide you in the implementation of continual improvement actions. Participants will have opportunities to practice and apply auditing principles and techniques through workshops, small group activities and discussions. Those who will benefit include Health and Safety Professionals/Coordinators, Corporate Auditors, or anyone with the responsibility to audit the managed systems of an organization. Leadership in Action NEW! This course, designed specifically for health and safety professionals and middle managers, will give you the practical For further details on these and other DNV courses, or to register, please call DNV at: or Integrated Management System (IMS) IMS is an integrated management system for safety, health and the environment. With this system, our consultants can help you develop solutions to improve and sustain health and safety performance and positively affect change within your organization. Our IMS toll allows our consultants to effectively assess, develop, implement and maintain your organization s managed system. At its core is a continual improvement managing system model (CIMS) with ten essential components. Our consultants now use one system to manage these four disciplines: 1. Safety management 2. Health management 3. Environmental Management 4. Process Safety Management Visit 9

6 $1495 Accident Investigation 3 days Toronto This course provides participants with a thorough understanding of the causes and effects of loss through the use of workshops and case studies. Emphasis is placed on pre-accident preparation, evidence gathering, the methodologies of root cause analysis and remedial actions necessary to prevent incident recurrence. Accident investigation covers the skills needed to conduct systematic accident investigations. $2995 Accredited Systems Auditing 5 days 3-7 Accredited Systems Auditing is your key to understanding and applying the International Safety Rating System (ISRS), which has become a worldwide standard. Class participants will gain audit experience in a simulation exercise designed to provide skills in auditing and report writing. This five-day course is a pre- requisite for participants from ISRS licensed organizations who wish to attain the status recognition of an Accredited Systems Auditor (ASA). $1295 Accredited Systems Auditing Review 2 days This review is designed for Accredited Systems Auditors (ASA) who are using the International Safety Rating System (ISSR ) or DNV Summit Software. This course is ideal for those who have previously attended the Accredited Systems Auditing course and require a license renewal, or wish to refresh and renew their skills. $1795 Modern Safety Management 4 days Modern Safety Management is the most widely attended safety management course around the world. It provides operating managers, first-line supervisors and safety professionals with the fundamental concepts, techniques and applications for a practical and proactive approach for controlling losses. Students learn how to structure safety objectives and integrate safety management into other management areas so that safeguarding life, property and the environment go hand-in-hand with your business success. Highlights of the course include applying professional management principles to safety and loss control, identifying and understanding causes and effects of losses, analyzing potential losses and remedial actions, measuring the effectiveness of your program, and identifying 20% of tasks that produce 80% of your losses. 10 To Order Call IAPA (4272)

7 $995 Practical Risk Assessment 2 days This course removes the mystery and complexity from this critical skill. Participants are provided with a sound understanding of basic risk principles. Simple, qualitative, and semi-quantitative assessment techniques are emphasized for use when more complex techniques are not appropriate. Not everyone needs to lead or participate in a HAZOP, for example, but everyone does need to apply the skills taught and practised in this course. $395/ module $995/ 3 modules $2695/ all 9 modules Safety Leadership Skills 9 days Toronto This workshop is a unique approach to acquire initial or refresher training in subjects critical to the effective practice of safety and health and/or loss control management activities. Individual modules or any combination of modules within these three program levels may be completed as desired. Participants who satisfactorily complete all three modules within all three-program levels will receive a certificate in Safety Management Practices. This workshop is designed to improve employee performance. It is comprised of nine individual modules divided into three separate workshops, held over a series of nine widespread days. $1495 Safety Management Systems Auditing 3 days 4 6 Safety management systems auditing (SMSA) provides participants with a consistent approach to safety management auditing using proven auditing techniques and concepts. Class participants will gain audit experience in a simulation exercise designed to provide skills in auditing and report writing. There is no designated auditing protocol associated with this program. No license is required. The SMSA course is the general and less detailed version of the ASA (Accredited Safety Auditing) course. Recommended for safety and loss control managers, professionals, committee members, and team leaders seeking audit knowledge and experience. This course is designed for companies that do not have a licensed protocol system such as the ISRS. For further details on these and other DNV courses, or to register, please call DNV at or *PST exempt Visit 11

8 Practical Loss Control Leadership (PLCL) See also pages 21 and 58. An essential resource for all health and safety professionals, this textbook has been written for those individuals looking to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and excellence of their management system for loss control. Definitions, concepts and guidelines are presented following historical and logical order to reflect the evolution of safety management from the traditional reactive activities to the more proactive, goal setting managed approach of today s successful systems. The PLCL text is crammed full with practical samples, guides, techniques and checklists to assist all levels of safety professionals in applying successful concepts to achieve desired results. PLCL Text Book (soft copy) LLTA * $88.00 PLCL Independent Study Programs Plan A-IAPA Grades Test LPHA * $ Includes text and tests. $ F $ F PLCL Independent Study Programs Plan B-Client Grades Test LPHA * $ Includes text and tests. $ F Exam set LLHA $ Package of 10 tests Marking Template LLHA $ To Order Call IAPA (4272) *PST exempt