Occ|tober & Beyond: Occupational Illness and Disease Prevention Webinar Series

Occ|tober 2023: Collaborating to Reduce
and Control Workplace Exposures

Target Audience:
Prevention System Partners and Stakeholders; Health and Safety Professionals; Medical and Scientific Researchers; Worker Advocates; Joint Health and Safety Committee Members; as well as interested Workers, Supervisors, Management and Owners from the workplaces of Ontario.

Fall 2023 Sessions

Stay Tuned for the whole Series running Fridays in November (Lung Month)

November 3: Launch of the Ontario Silica Control Tool & Ontario’s OHS System Focus on Occupational Illness Prevention
November 10: Occupational Disease Landscape Review Highlights & Solutions
November 17: Exposures & Disease- Making the Link
November 24: Airborne Hazard Management Programs- Reducing Exposures in Mining

October 27, 2023, 1:00 pm EST

Evidence for Exposures of Concern

Kicking off the 2023 installment of our Annual Occ|tober Webinar Series, our first webinar focussed on finding evidence for exposures of concern. Featuring expert information on potential dangers posed to workers from exposures to hazardous substances, and what to do about it.

Speakers include:

John Oudyk, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers: EKOS/OHCOW Workplace Exposure Survey

Victoria Arrandale, University of Toronto: Is Silicosis Making a Comeback?

Krista Thompson, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers: Evidence for New Occupational Exposure Limits

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November 3, 2023

Launch of the Ontario Silica Control Tool & Ontario’s OHS System Focus on Occupational Illness Prevention

Beginning in November 2023, workers and employers in the Ontario Construction Industry will receive full access to the Silica Control Tool™, its associated data, and outputs. Go to the Silica Control Tool Page
Speakers include :

Dr. Joel Moody, Chief Prevention Officer, MLITSD

Melanie Gorman Ng, PhD, CIH, Occupational Health Scientist, BCCSA

Cristina St. Pierre, M.Eng., CIH Provincial Hygienist, MLITSD

Marni Tivy, Senior Policy Advisor , Health , Safety & Insurance Policy Branch, MLITSD

Tracy Kirkham, PhD, Senior Scientist & Associate Director, OCRC & Associate Professor U of T

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Streamed live on Facebook.

For more information and past events in the Occ-TOBER series see the list below of previous sessions.

Visit OHCOW's homepage for more links to further information.

And Contact Us for more information about, and assistance in, protecting workers and workplaces from occupational disease.

November 10, 2023

Ontario Occupational Disease Landscape Review Highlights

Dr. Linn Holness, MD, FRCPC, FFOM (Hon),MHSc Scientist, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Director of CREOD

ECHO OEM Providing the Tools for Primary Care to Get Work Done!

Dr. Anil Adisesh, MB ChB, MSc, MD, FRCP, FFOM, FRCPC, Dalhousie University

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Also streamed live on Facebook.

For more information and past events in the Occ-TOBER series see the list below of previous sessions.

Visit OHCOW's homepage for more links to further information.

And Contact Us for more information about, and assistance in, protecting workers and workplaces from occupational disease.

November 17, 2023

Exposures & Disease- Making the Link

Masood Ahmed, MS, CIH, CRSP , Occupational Hygienist, OHCOW

Derrick Chung, MHS, ROH, Occupational Hygienist , OHCOW

Sarah Rhodes, PhD, Director (Projects), OHCOW

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Streamed live on Facebook.

For more information and past events in the Occ-TOBER series see the list below of previous sessions.

Visit OHCOW's homepage for more links to further information.

And Contact Us for more information about, and assistance in, protecting workers and workplaces from occupational disease.

November 24, 2023

Airborne Hazard Management Programs- Reducing Exposures in Mining

This webinar will help employers, workers, and other workplace parties to develop and implement an airborne hazard management program (AHMP) as required by Section 182 of Regulation 854 – Mines and Mining Plants made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) Practical information in reducing exposures as part of the AHMP will be provided. The new requirements under the revised mining legislation require mines to have an airborne hazard management program (AHMP), developed in consultation through the Mining Legislative Review Subcommittee (MLRC), including “ventilation and hygiene”. Airborne contaminants in mining require good practices in occupational hygiene risk management. Trends of recent of exposure will be discussed as well as good practices from the Mining Diesel Emission Conference (MDEC) now called the and Mining Vehicle Powertrain Conference (MVPC).

An occupational hygiene program can, for example, be a method to assess compliance with occupational exposure limits for exposures to airborne substances in the workplace (EN689) and would consider the quality of air delivered to the worker, and the source, pathway, receptor hierarchy. For diesel exhaust, the webinar will highlight the importance of “controlling diesel emissions at source” along with engine certification. Included as well will be the topic of monitoring of ambient and workplace air as a component of the AHMP, and a method including real time monitoring of diesel particulate matter (DPM). This will demonstrate that exposure control / reduction is indeed effective.

AGENDA

1:00 – 1:15
Kevin Hedges (OHCOW) (introduction).

1:15 – 1:30
Scott Secord / Kyle Watson (MLITSD) an update on the Mining Legislation including a requirement for an airborne management program https://www.ontario.ca/page/airborne-hazard-management-program

1:30 – 1:45
Brent Rubeli (CANMET) - Controlling exposures in priority order: source, pathway, and receiver model and the importance of controlling at source. For example, engine certification by CANMET.

1:45 – 2:00
Ralph Deayton (Mammoth) – how to treat older diesel engines using after treatment devices for example diesel particulate filters (DPF).

2:00 – 2:15
Daniel Rose (PINSSAR) – monitoring the “general workplace air” – example, using a real time diesel particulate matter monitor as an indicator in the effectiveness of diesel exhaust after treatment for reduction of diesel particulate matter.

2:15 – 2:30
Judit Nelson (WSN) monitoring “personal exposures” as part of an airborne hazard management program - what to measure including beyond DPM and silica, for example lead / other airborne hazards - developing an occupational monitoring plan and exposure risk evaluation.

2:30 – 2:45 Q&A

2:45 – 3:00
Janice Martell (OHCOW) Occ|tober 2023: Collaborating to Reduce and Control Workplace Exposures. Occ|tober & Beyond: Occupational Illness and Disease Prevention Webinar Series – thank you and close out.

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Streamed live on Facebook.

For more information and past events in the Occ-TOBER series see the list below of previous sessions.

Visit OHCOW's homepage for more links to further information.

And Contact Us for more information about, and assistance in, protecting workers and workplaces from occupational disease.

Occ|tober 2022: Worker-Focused Science & Prevention

In this series:

October 27: Kick-off event with Welcome Address from Dr. Joel Moody – Chief Prevention Officer

November 3: Diesel Exhaust Exposure - Influencing Change

November 10: Occupational Exposures and Community Responses

November 17: Worker-Informed Science: Learnings & Collaborations Provincially, Nationally and Internationally

November 24: Making it All Easier –Knowledge Mobilization & Tools

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Making it All Easier: Knowledge Mobilization & Tools

November 24: 1-3 PM

This webinar will explore translating the science of occupational injury and illness prevention into helpful tools for workers and workplaces to reduce risk of injury and disease on the job.
Learn about the workplace user experience with the Silica Control Tool Pilot in Ontario , specifically during Heritage stone mason work. The tool creates task-specific respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure estimates for controlled and uncontrolled common construction exposure scenarios.

Reducing Risk: Chemical Management for Small Businesses & The Changing Workplace

Understand simple hazard and risk assessment approaches that can be used by small businesses and will discuss how to improve the use of SDSs in hazard communication and worker training.

Real-Time Worker Protection using Control Banding

Learn about control band strategies for welding, and the UK’s Breathe Freely Welding Fume Control Selector Tool.

CAREX Canada eWORK Online

CAREX Canada launched their newly updated eWORK Online this past month, which is an interactive tool for exploring CAREX Canada’s occupational exposure estimates to known and suspected carcinogens. The tool shows the number of workers exposed to these carcinogens nationally, by province, by industry, and by occupation for our new 2016 exposure estimates. Join us to learn more about CAREX Canada’s occupational exposures estimates and how the tool works!

OHCOW will share a short demo of the Diesel Exposure Tool as presented in the November 3 Diesel Exhaust Exposure -Influencing Change Webinar.

Closing Words, Dr. Joel Moody, Chief Prevention Officer

Speakers include:

Thomas Tenkate, School of Occupational and Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University; Angela Wheeler MSc, CIH, CRSP and SDS Registered Author, Program Manager, Chemscape Safety Technologies, Ela Rydz, Carex Canada, Thierry Belisle, Technical Advisor, Occupational Health and Safety for Public Service and Procurement Canada, Dr. Joel Moody, Chief Prevention Officer and more.

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Airborne Hazard Management Programs- Reducing Exposures in Mining

Webinar Recorded November 3, 2023
Hosted by Kimberly OConnell. Part One: introduction of the Silica Control Tool to Ontario

Occ|tober & Beyond: Occupational Illness and Disease Prevention Webinar Series

Occ|tober 2023: Collaborating to Reduce and Control Workplace Exposures

Fall 2023 Sessions

October 27, 2023, 1:00 pm EST

Evidence for Exposures of Concern

November 3, 2023

Launch of the Ontario Silica Control Tool & Ontario’s OHS System Focus on Occupational Illness Prevention

November 10, 2023

Ontario Occupational Disease Landscape Review Highlights

ECHO OEM Providing the Tools for Primary Care to Get Work Done!

November 17, 2023

Exposures & Disease- Making the Link

November 24, 2023

Airborne Hazard Management Programs- Reducing Exposures in Mining

Occ|tober 2022: Worker-Focused Science & Prevention

In this series:

Making it All Easier: Knowledge Mobilization & Tools

November 24: 1-3 PM

Reducing Risk: Chemical Management for Small Businesses & The Changing Workplace

Real-Time Worker Protection using Control Banding

CAREX Canada eWORK Online

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