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Policy and Practice Consultative Committee

Date and time: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 10:30 a.m.

Location: RC22A42 - Policy and Research Meeting Room

Agenda September 2011

No. Subject Type Time
1. Minutes from July 5, 2011
(Roberta Ellis – 5 min)		 Written 10:30 – 10:35 a.m.
2. General Projects Update:
(Susan Hynes - 25 mins)
  • Chapter 10
  • Construction Industry Experience Rating Program
  • Forest Firefighters Consultation
  • Tinnitus
  • Workplan for 2012 - 2014
 Verbal 10:35 - 11:00 a.m.
3. Prevention Policy and Regulation:
(Anne Burch - 60 mins) 		Verbal/Written
 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
4. Working Lunch Break    
5. Employers’ Handbook on Domestic Violence in the Workplace
(Rachel Fisher - 10 mins)		 Handout 12:00 - 12:10 p.m.
6. Guideline 3.12 – Refusal of Unsafe Work
(Tom Brocklehurst - 15 mins) 		Written 12:10 - 12:25 p.m.
7. Other Business   12:15 - 12:30 p.m.
Guidelines
8. G3.12 Refusal of unsafe work (Preliminary Revision) Reading materials --
9. G4.1.1 Snow avalanche assessment
(also emailed to members on September 6, 2011)		 Reading materials --
10. G9.1-2 Definitions
(also emailed to members on August 30, 2011)		 Reading materials --
11. G9.22-2 Alternate measures for confined spaces – Municipal sewage systems (Preliminary Revision) Reading materials --
12.

G11.2(5)-4 Work procedures to minimize risk of injury due to a fall in fixed-seating areas such as stadiums, arenas, or theatres
(also emailed to members on August 30, 2011)

 Reading materials --
13.

G12.59 Removing guards (Preliminary Issue)

 Reading materials --
14.

G21.5 Authority to blast (Preliminary Revision)

 Reading materials --
15. G21.15 Suspension/seizure of certificates (Preliminary Revision) Reading materials --