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Basic Steward Training
HSA REPORT MAGAZINE, JUNE 2018
Linda Bessant of Victoria, B.C. is the recipient of this 2018 David Bland Award.
Do you know someone who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the area of occupational health and safety, improving the lives of their fellow HSA members? Consider nominating them for the David Bland Memorial Award.
BY GERI GRIGG, HSA OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICEER
Each year more than 20 per cent of Canadians experience a mental health issue or illness.
BY GERI GRIGG
HSA OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER
On March 13, the Toronto Star printed an article calling the incidence of violence toward health and social services workers an epidemic.
HSA disagrees. The incidents of violence occurring in all HSA worksites, without a common cause is a pandemic.
Brenda Hauck, X ray technologist at Saanich Peninsula Hospital and Karen Hamilton, CT Technologist at Saanich Peninsula HospitaL, shared the 2017 David Bland Award.
Employers in BC are legally required to investigate certain workplace incidents.
Those include events involving an injury to a worker where medical treatment was required, but also include minor injuries or near-miss events that had the potential to cause serious injury. Near-miss or close call events imply that if things had gone a little bit differently, a worker could have been seriously injured or suffered a health threatening exposure.
With flu season around the corner, HSA members are reminded of the provincial influenza control policy in effect in BC.
In spite of changes in other provinces, the flu prevention policy in BC has not changed, and health care workers who choose not to be vaccinated have options available to them, including wearing a surgical mask.
Health care workers must report their vaccination status confidentially through an on-line form.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Your elected HSA representatives and staff have been hard at work since the union's 45th convention in May. The upcoming regional meetings will be a good opportunity to provide updates on that work, and a chance for stewards and other activists to connect and discuss the issues in your region.
In preparation for those meetings, please take a few minutes to review some of the important work HSA has been involved in.
BY DAVID DURNING, HSA OHS OFFICER
In recent months there have been reports of hazardous asbestos abatement incidents in several BC health care facilities and labs.
This is potentially exposing workers and members of the public to deadly asbestos fibres.
