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SafetyNet Reports
SafetyNet and its Future, Final Report, 2017
SafetyNet Presentations
Reach & impact: Promising strategies for primary prevention. Presented at the 4th Annual Symposium on Occupational Health & Disease Prevention (OHCOW), Missasauga, ON, October 29, 2018. ( view)
Research centres and the publically engaged university: Lessons from the SafetyNet Centre for Occupational Health & Safety Research. Presented at People, Place, and Public Engagement, October 25th - 27th, 2018. ( view)
Kevin Hedges- Diesel fumes - how harmful are they? December 14th, 2015
Dr. Barbara Neis - Working on the Edge (Royal Society of Canada New Fellow Lecture Series) February 19, 2015
Recent Reports / Publications
Weather and Fishing Safety in Newfoundland Story Map (with NL Fish Harvesters Safety Association, funded by a Mitacs Accelerate Cluster Grant)
Roundtable on Forecast Use in Atlantic Canada. MEOPAR Report. (February, 2016)
Davis, Bryan. 2019. Reducing fishing vessel capsizing in Newfoundland and Labrador by establishing a relationship between common causes and operators’ understanding of stability and risk. Thesis, Master of Engineering, Memorial University.
Executive Summary - Preventing Occupational Disease: Designing a System that Wo (March, 2017)
Final Report - Tracking Occupational Exposure and Disease: An Analysis of Approaches for the Canadian Context (January 2014)
Agricultural Safety
- Agricultural Safety in NL: Summary Report(2017)
- The NL Agricultural Context - A Comparison with the Overal Context in Canada (2016)
- ROPS article - Agriview NLFA Newsletter (Summer 2016)
- Review of the Literature on Agricultural Safety Contextualized for the NL Agric (2015)
- What's Happenng in Farm Safety - Agriview NLFA Newsletter (Holiday 2015)
- ROPS Recruitment Poster (2016)
Fish Harvesting:
- Fishing Vessel Safety Review, report of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Sea Urchin Diver Seminar
- SafeCatch Executive Summary document
- SafeCatch Final Report to Search and Rescue Secretariat New Initiatives Fund (114 pages)
- Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Regimes Final Report
- Fishing Vessel Safety Longitudinal Analysis Final Report
- Perceptions Of Risk Final Report
- Safer Fishing Vessel Seakeeping Final Report
- Injured Fishers Final Report
- Community Healthy Fisheries Project Final Report
- Facilitator?s Guide for Promoting Safety Awareness in Fishing Communities throu
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Fish Processing:
- Process Safe Handbook (Nova Scotia Fisheries Sector Council - link)
- Report on the SafetyNet Snow Crab Occupational Asthma Study
- Crab Asthma Brochure, produced by Workplace Health Safety and Compensation Commission, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Ventilation of Crab Cooking Boilers in an Industrial Setting
- Finding Solutions Regional Workshop: Summary Report for the Battle Harbour Work
- inding Solutions Regional Workshop: Summary Report for all Workshops (Carbonear inding Solutions Regional Workshop: Summary Report for all Workshops (Carbonear
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Forestry:
- Occupational Health and Safety in Newfoundland Forestry ? A Pilot Study: Report
- Newfoundland & Labrador Forestry Occupational Health and Safety Project: Statis
- The Forest Professional - guidelines for the Stewards of tomorrow's forests, 4t produced by Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour
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Participatory Ergonomics
- How to Implement an Ergo-Team Approach to Participatory Ergonomics
- Training Workbook and Tools for Ergo-Team Members
- Basic Ergonomics.ppt format
- Body Map Data Spreadsheet .xls format
- Consent to Take Part in a Participatory Ergonomics Project .doc format
- Cover Letter and Body Map Survey
- Draft Employee Interview
- Duties of an Ergo Team
- Ergo-Team Confidentiality Agreement
- Ergo-Team Framework
- Ethics Scenario Question 1
- Ethics Scenario Answer 1
- Ethics Scenario Question 2
- Ethics Scenario Answer 2
- Ethics Scenario Question 3
- Ethics Scenario Answer 3
- Ethics Scenario Question 4
- Ethics Scenario Answer 4
- Example of Completed Analysis Examples 1 & 2
- Explaining Activity Centered Analysis
- Feedback Form
- How to Select Areas for Intervention
- Information Poster
- Intervention and Evaluation Survey for Review of Workstation Changes
- Motion and Posture Handout
- Motion and Posture Lecture
- Picture Analysis for Motion and Posture
- Picture Analysis for Motion and Posture Answer
- Using the Body Map Survey in your Ergo-Team Project
- Video Recording Instructions
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Other Health and Safety Issues:
- Office Ergonomics Lecture
- References to Publications on Cold Working Conditions (Projects 3a, 3b and 3c)
- Occupational Health and Safety Among Police Officers
- Gender Issues and Diversity in Occupational Safety and Health
- The Social Construction of the Problem of Second-Hand Smoke Exposure for Bar an
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Soft Tissue Injuries, produced by Workplace Health Safety and Compensation Commission, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Dept. of Government Services (OHS Division), NL
- Ergonomics in the Work Environment: A Manual for Workers, produced by Canadian Auto Workers Union
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