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Policy and Practice Consultative Committee

Date and time: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 9:30 a.m.

Location: Policy and Research Division Boardroom

Agenda June 2011

No. Subject Type Time
1. Minutes from April 12, 2011
  • Welcome Laraine Ashpole – Acting Executive Director, Employers’ Advisors Office
(Roberta Ellis – 5 min)		 Written 9:30 – 9:35 a.m.
2. Asbestos Campaign and Occupational Disease Exposure Registry
(Scott McCloy, Terence Little and Susan Hynes – 15 mins)		 Verbal 9:35 – 9:50 a.m.
3. Coverage During Participation in Forest Fire Control
(Cameron Angus – 5 mins)		 Written 9:50 – 9:55 a.m.
4.

Tinnitus
(Renee Ritchot – 10 mins)

 Written 9:55 - 10:05 a.m.
5. Loss of Earnings - Section 251
(Susan Hynes - 10 min)		 Verbal 10:05 - 10:15 a.m.
BREAK   10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
6. Rewrite of Review Division Practices and Procedures
(Joe Pinto – 30 mins)		 Written 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
7. Discriminatory Actions Statistics
(Rachel Fisher – 5 mins)		 Handout 11:00 - 11:05 a.m.
8. Publication of Penalty Decisions
(Laraine Ashpole – 15 mins)		 Verbal 11:05 - 11:20 a.m.
9. 2011 Q2 Effectiveness Measures Report
(Roberta Ellis – 10 mins)		 Written 11:20 - 11:30 a.m.
10. Serious Injury
(Patrick Meaney – 20 mins)		 Verbal 11:30 - 11:50 a.m.
11. Avalanche Regulation
(Brad Buck – 5 mins)		 Verbal 11:50 - 11:55 a.m.
12.

Prevention Policy and Regulation Review Items:

  • 2011 Regulatory Amendments – Consultation
  • 2012 Regulatory Amendments – SMEs for Pre-Consultation
  • 2013 Regulatory Amendments
  • 2010 OELs
  • 2011 OELs – Consultation
  • Injunctions Policy – Consultation
(Anne Burch – 30 mins)		 Verbal 11:55 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.
13. Other Business
  • Construction at Main Entrance
(Rachel Fisher)		    
Guidelines
14. G3.12 Refusal of Unsafe Work
(Nina Hansen – 15 mins.)		 Reading materials 12:25 - 12:40 p.m.
15. G7.23(a)(i) and (vi) Radiation protection in radiology – Large facilities
(preliminary revision)		 Reading materials --
16. G9.1-1 Excluded confined spaces
(preliminary revision)		 Reading materials --

Next Meeting: Tuesday, July 5, 2011