1. Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference 2008 October 21 st, 2008 The Fundamentals of the OH&S Act and Managing Occupational Health and Safety Vic Pakalnis, P.Eng., M.Eng., MBA Director – Special Projects Ontario Ministry of Labour vic.pakalnis@ontario.ca

2. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 2 Managing Occupational Health & Safety Introductions Expectations Health and Safety in Canada

3. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 3 Top 10 Reasons Why You Need To Know How To Manage Occupational Health And Safety 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

4. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 4 Top 10 Reasons Why You Need To Know How To Manage Occupational Health And Safety 1.Because it’s the law! 2.What you don’t know can hurt you and it can kill you! 3.Because it makes good business sense 4.Because you want to know your rights and responsibilities 5.Because it’s part of your job and you want to keep it 6.To avoid lawsuits 7.Because it’s connected to everything human resources – recruitment/retention/internal responsibility/productivity/employee engagement 8.To protect your company’s reputation 9.To avoid industrial relations disputes/grievances 10.Moral obligations

5. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 5 Occupational Health & Safety in Canada Overview Federal Inter-provincial trucking Railways Airports and airlines Banks Radio and television Telecommunications Federal public service (10% of all workplaces) Provincial/Territorial Construction Industrial Mining All sectors not in federal (90% of all workplaces) 14 jurisdictions- 10 provinces - 3 territories - 1 federal

6. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 6 Source: 2007 Human Resources and Social Development Canada report (Historical Summary of Occupational Accidents & Their Costs in Canada 1996-2005) Canada 1100 work-related fatalities 1million workplace injuries $6.7 billion in direct costs $40 billion estimated total costs (direct & indirect)Ontario 230 work-related fatalities 355,000 workplace injuries $2.9 billion in direct costs $17 billion estimated total costs (direct & indirect)

7. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 7  VOLATILE LABOUR SCENE  HIGH MEDIA ATTENTION  HEALTH & SAFETY USED AS BARGAINING TOOL IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS DISPUTES  STRONG LABOUR UNIONS: CAW, USWA, OPSEU, CUPE  MANY SMALL, UNSOPHISTICATED EMPLOYERS (70% UNORGANIZED)  INADEQUATE TRAINING IN MANY INDUSTRIES  ACCIDENT RATES DECREASING  FATALITY RATES DECREASING  DISABLING INJURIES  96% ARE SAFETY RELATED  4% ARE HEALTH RELATED  HEALTH ISSUES - HIGH PROFILE, LONG TERM, MORE DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE  EFFECT OF FREE TRADE AND ECONOMIC REALIGNMENT Environmental Scan

8. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 8 Forestry_______________ Health Care_______________ Aerospace_______________ Police/Fire/Security_______________ Steel_______________ Public Institutions_______________ Automotive_______________ Education_______________ Utilities_______________ Service/Retail_______________ Manufacturing_______________ Petro-chemical_______________ Construction_______________ Mining_______________

9. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 9 Ontario Lost Time Injuries By Sector 2005* * Source: Worker Safety & Insurance Board as of October 31, 2006

10. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 10 Fatalities per 100,000 workers per year & Employment – 1976 to 2005

11. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 11 Results: 14,649 fewer LTI over the past two years than there otherwise would have been.Ontario businesses avoiding over $960 million in costs associated with workplace injuries ONTARIO LOST TIME INJURIES

12. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 12 Internal Responsibility System THE INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY SYSTEM OUTLINED IN THE OHS ACT ESTABLISHES CLEAR ROLES AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WORKPLACE PARTIES WITH DIRECT AND CONTRIBUTORY RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY.

13. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 13 CONTRIBUTORY RESPONSIBILITY INTERNAL DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY CONTRIBUTORY RESPONSIBILITY EXTERNAL JOINT HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEES SAFETY DEPARTMENTS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS PURCHASING DEPARTMENTS WORKER SUPERVISOR MANAGER PRESIDENT UNIONS SAFETY ASSOCIATIONS SUPPLIERS WSIB Ministry of Labour Internal Responsibility System (cont’d)

14. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 14 Ministry of Labour Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Institute for Work & Health Farm Safety Association Municipal Health and Safety Assoc. Ontario Service Safety Alliance Industrial Accident Prevention Association Construction safety Association of Ontario Electrical & Utilities Safety Association Health Care Health & Safety Association Mines and Aggregates Safety & Health Assoc. Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace Association Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers Pulp and Paper Health & Safety Association Transportation Safety Association of Ontario Workers Health & Safety Centre Education Safety Association of Ontario The Partners…

15. Resources On-line www.safetymanagementeducation.com - Minerva Canada’s website – case studies /contacts www.preventiondynamics.ca – links to prevention network www. prevent-it.ca – short clips of fatalities Notes and links for courses in Occupational Health and Safety in mining practice / MIR course in OHS http://www.queensu.ca/sps/people/faculty/pakalnisv/index.php

16. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 16 Rhetoric and the art of persuasion – what once was but has been forgotten ! (according to Isocrates and JC Spender) Logos –what’s logical –what’s the business case Ethos – what’s the right decision for the longer term in the broader context Pathos – what’s the compassionate decision – the people dimension – empathy

17. Business Results Through Health and Safety MIR- 811 Adapted from WSIB/CMA : Business Results Through Health and Safety MIR- 811 Adapted from WSIB/CMA : Business Results Through Health and Safety

18. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 18 Health and Safety Costs in Ontario cost of LTI in 1999 was $11,711 In 2007 direct costs for an LTI were $21,300 In 2007, there were 300,000 persons injured, 100 died

19. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 19 Business Results Through Health & Safety If profit margin is 10%, requires $590,000 in sales to produce $59,000 of profit. Lower costs Improved employee relations & employee trust Improved reliability & productivity Improved protection from business interruption Increased public image Increased organizational capability * see CME CD – Business Results Through Health and Safety

20. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 20 Sampling - OH&S Convictions in 2000

21. Vic Pakalnis - Ont. Ministry of Labour - 2007 21 Psychological Work Environment Healthy Habits Physical Work Environment Healthy Workplaces

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