October 5, 2017 8:00 AM – 1:00 PMCanad Inns Polo Park1405 St Matthews Ave WinnipegRegistration fee: $75 Register at: http://www.cwa-acs.org/news-events

Agenda:

8:00-8:45 Breakfast and Registration8:45-9:00 Introductions and opening remarks9:00-10:00 Presentation 1 and Q&A10:00-10:20 Coffee break10:20-11:20 Presentation 2 and Q&A11:20-11:40 Presentation 311:40-12:00 Open discussion and closing remarks12:00-1:00 Lunch

The Canadian Welding Association is organizing a follow-up session on welding fume emission with a focus on manganese control and how the new lower limits recently adopted by the Government of Manitoba may impact your welding operations. All industries employing welding operations are encouraged to attend to hear from the Manitoba Government and industry experts on various possible solutions to manage welding fume emissions

Presenter: Teresa GriffinPresenter: Teresa GriffinDepartment of Growth, Enterprise & Trade

Biography:

Teresa Griffin is an Occupational Hygienist and Policy writer with the Province of Manitoba’s Department of Growth, Enterprise and Trade

Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Branch. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and a Master’s of Environmental Engineering from McGill University in Montreal. She came to Manitoba 24 years ago to work with Acres International (engineering firm) as an environmental consul-tant for soil and groundwater studies. Prior to her environmental career, Teresa worked in industrial construction managing large industrial projects for the petroleum industry, paper mills, foundries, smelters and others. Teresa has conducted innumerable site inspections over 14 years examining common industrial safety and health practices being adopted by industry.

Teresa represents Manitoba on the intergovernmental WHMIS coordinating committee (with one member representative from each province) and two CSA technical committees (Selection Care and Use of Respirators Z 94.4 -11 and Compressed Breathing Air Z180.1-13).

Abstract:Workplace Safety Health – What to Expect from a WSH Inspection - This topic surrounds welding practice and inspection from the occupational health perspective. It discusses some of the potential health effects of certain welding fume components, assessing a worker’s potential exposure, the types of improvement orders an employer may receive depending on work conditions and the status of information available at a workplace. It looks at how welding fume exposure is sampled, the sampling plan and testing methods. To conclude, we will talk about some of the control measures that may be acceptable and reasonable in view of adopting best practice to mitigate worker exposure to welding fume.

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WELDING FUMESWorking with New Manganese Guidelines

Biography:

Dave Hudson is a National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO) for Abesco Ltd since 2012. He accommodates the safety requirements of a steel fabrication company, as well as the field needs. Prior to becoming an NCSO, he began his career as a welder in the fabrication shop in 2000. He continued on this path for 12 years and became involved with the Safety Committee along the way, eventually becoming the Safety Coordinator. Dave is a high school graduate who attended Winnipeg Technical College in 1999 and graduated with a welding certification. He went on to pursue a career in the welding industry.

WELDING FUMESWorking with New Manganese Guidelines

Presenter: Eric St. Pierre NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES

Presenter: Dave Hudson ABESCO LTD.

Biography:

Eric St. Pierre is a Chemical Engineering Technologist and Canadian Registered Safety Professional with over thirty (30) years of experience in industrial air emission source sampling, environmental licencing and industrial hygiene testing. He was an environmental consultant for 20 years prior to joining New Flyer in 2004 with extensive experience in automotive and chemical manufacturing facilities, municipal waste treatment facilities, forestry products producers, metals smelting & recycling plants, livestock operations and rendering plants.

Currently Eric is the Environ-ment, Health and Safety Team Lead for New Flyer Industries Canada ULC. He also has responsibility for the develop-ment and maintenance of a management system combin-ing the elements of ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 to drive continual improvement with a focus on sustainability.

Abstract:New Flyer has evaluated several welding fume control technologies and conducted its own in-house industrial hygiene testing. The “lessons learned” approach and why an off the shelf purchased solution has definite limitations will be discussed. The discussion will include some basic general ventilation requirements, local weld fume exhaust ventilation, on-gun fume extraction, weld position control, wire selection and how pulse welding contribute to the lowering of welding fume generation.

Abstract:Abesco Air quality journey will be explored in this brief presentation outlining the steps that we have taken to improve air quality.in our plant:• Fume extraction in the shop & the challenges of meeting the requirements as set out in WSH Act & Regulations (threshold limit value established by ACGIH)• Air quality in the shop in the past• Improvement orders• Steps Abesco has taken to improve air quality• Completion of project

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