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The David Bland Memorial Award is awarded annually to an HSA member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the area of occupational health and safety and who has made a meaningful difference in the lives of their fellow HSA members.
The award was established by HSA's board of directors to honour HSA member David Bland, a vocational counsellor from Richmond Mental Health who was killed at his workplace by a former client.
GETTING CREATIVE WITH OH&S EDUCATION
SAFETY SCENARIOS, DRAWS, AND JARS
By Kiren Klair and Kristen Honeybourne
The Report, December 2018
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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.
