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6 The Game, February 2006 Your Thoroughbred Racing Community Newspaper
Farming Operations to come under the Occupational Health and Safety Act
Web Site Makes Stallion Shopping Easier
www.stallionvision.com was officially launched in December 2005 and it is on its way to being a site for one stop shopping for stallions.
The website offers a visual guide to stallions including highlights on conformation, progeny and past performance. It currently features more than 27 stallions and offers video footage of the stallion walking in-hand or running in the paddock for a some of the stallions as well as footage on the stallion’s racing highlights, and his progeny, weanling/yearlings, in the sales ring. There is also a link to the stallion’s Canadian Thoroughbred pedigree page which includes stud fees and contact information.
Stallionvision.com is hosted and operated by Chris Blake and is a great way to view and obtain information about stallion prospects while saving you time and travelling expenses.
For more information visit the site or contact Chris at stallionv@hotmail.com
Government of Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Background
Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) came into force in October 1979. The main principle of the OHSA is that workers, supervisors and employers share the responsibility for health and safety in the workplace. The OHSA sets out the rights and duties of all workplace parties and it gives Ministry of Labour inspectors the authority to inspect the workplace to ensure compliance with the OHSA, and to investigate complaints, critical injuries and fatalities.
Until now, farming operations have been exempt from the OHSA. Since early 2004, the Ministry of Labour (MOL) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) have been working with the agricultural industry, through the Labour Issues Co-ordinating Committee (LICC), a coalition of about 20 agricultural commodity and farm organizations, to develop the appropriate application of the OHSA to farming operations.
Farming Operations to come under the OHSA on June 30, 2006
In June 2005, the government made a new regulation that will extend the OHSA to farming operations with paid workers. It will come into effect on June 30, 2006. This means that the rights and duties for workers and employers outlined in the OHSA will apply; inspection and enforcement will apply; and both workers and employers will participate in workplace health and safety matters. Farming operations without paid workers will continue to be exempt from the OHSA.
OMAFRA and MOL are continuing to
work with the Farm Safety Association and the agricultural industry to develop best practices to address specific hazards.
Employers
Under the OHSA, the duties of employers include providing information, instruction and supervision to workers; advising workers about hazards in the workplace; and notifying the MOL of workplace fatalities and critical injuries. Employers with six or more regularly employed workers also have to develop an occupational health and safety policy and program.
Workers
Farm workers will have the right to participate in decisions about health and safety at the workplace, to know about workplace hazards, and to refuse unsafe work.
Participation of Employers and Workers in Health and Safety Matters
A Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) will be required on all mushroom, greenhouse, dairy, hog, cattle, and poultry farms that have 20 or more regularly employed workers. The JHSC must include at least one employer/management representative, and one worker representative who is selected by the workers. The JHSC's role is to respond to issues related to health and safety in the workplace, to do regular inspections of the workplace for health and safety hazards, and to be involved in investigations of serious injuries and work refusal situations.
If the operation has 50 or more regularly employed workers, the JHSC must have at least four members (with at least half of the members being chosen by workers). At least two of the committee
members (one management and one work- er member) must be certified. Certification will require specific health and safety training. Certified members have the right to jointly stop work in dangerous circumstances.
For all farms with six to 19 regularly employed workers, a Worker Health and Safety Representative, selected by the workers, will be required. The worker health and safety representative's role is to work with the employer to respond to issues related to health and safety in the workplace, to do regular inspections of the workplace for health and safety hazards, and to be involved in investigations and work refusal situations. A worker health and safety representative will also be required on all farms with 20 or more workers, where a JHSC is not required.
Transition Period
The OHSA will apply to farming oper- ations as of June 30, 2006. This gives farming operations a transition period to develop and implement their health and safety policy and program, and to either select a Worker Health and Safety Representative or establish a Joint Health and Safety Committee. The Farm Safety Association has education and prevention resources and tools to help agricultural employers and workers address health and safety issues in the workplace.
For More Information
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs: www.omafra.gov.on.ca
Ontario Ministry www.labour.gov.on.ca Farm Safety
www.farmsafety.ca
of Labour: Association:
How do you say Goodbye?
How do you say goodbye to someone you’ve known for so many years?
How do you let go? Mom recently passed away in her sleep at age 92.
There is nothing stronger in life than a mother’s love for her children and that we experienced through good and hard times. The many people that passed through her life will always remember her kindness, her generosity, her love of life and especially her wonderful smile. She never needed a lot to make her happy. She loved to look good, wear nice clothes and certainly loved to go to the races to bet her 2 dollars.
We’ll miss our mother for the rest of our lives. As someone said to me ‘we are now orphans.’
Our Mother Helen Winkelmann- Skoczynski passed away December 27, 2005 at Gilmore Lodge in Fort Erie. Cremation followed and a memorial service will be held on May 8, 2006 at 2pm at my home.
Klaus and Erika Winkelmann 256 Nicholas Rd.
Ridgeway, ON
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