Guest Blog by Michael MacNaughton, White Rabbit VR Safety training is a fact of life in modern workplaces. The trouble is that safety training itself isn’t always safe, it isn’t cheap and it’s not particularly convenient for either the employer or employee. What if there was a magic box that could make all of those…
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Virtual Reality in Safety
Using Data to Reduce Injuries and Costs
Guest Blog by Ed Pyle, SCSA It is common for construction companies to collect safety data from their safety processes and procedures and for managers to review safety incidents and financial reports to understand the frequency, cost and severity of injuries. These reports help to understand OHS failures of the past and the impact these…
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COR Should be at the Core
By Mark Cooper, President & CEO, Saskatchewan Construction Association Construction projects are often the most expensive and complex undertakings that an individual, a family, or a business undertake. The projects can be years in the planning, can take many months to complete, and typically involve a seemingly endless number of tasks and considerations. Why is…
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The Role of COR in Reducing Serious Injuries
Guest Blog by Ed Pyle, SCSA Each year, industry experiences a number of the OHS failures which result in injuries that are often serious and sometimes fatal. From 2010 to 2018, the Saskatchewan WCB accepted 354 fatalities for Saskatchewan workers who died while on, or as a result of, their job. Based on a new…
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Thoughts From My Career as an Association Executive
We have all heard the old saying “May you live in interesting times”. Regardless of where this saying originated, I can tell you that after more than 5 months into the COVID Pandemic it did give me pause to consider not just the times we have been living in, but how I have been living…
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