9:00 - 9:10

Safety Moment, Announcements & Door Prizes

9:10 - 10:00

Mental Health

Boyd Merrill, Retired Staff Sargent, RCMP

Boyd will talk personally and frankly about mental health challenges, including his own. Specifically he explains Occupational Stress injuries such as Depression, Anxiety and PTSD.

10:00 - 10:30

Refreshment Break & Viewing Exhibits

10:30 - 12:00

Incident Investigation - Take Two Mock Accident

Theatre Group / NLOHSA

Are your incident investigations as thorough as they could be? Are there causal factors that are getting overlooked? Are you really getting to the root cause? Join NLOHSA Board Members and Beyond the Overpass Theatre Company for this interactive session where we will step behind the scenes of an incident investigation to explore methods and practices aimed at improving your investigation skills.

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch - Served in the Exhibitors' Area

1:30 - 2:30

Good Safety...Good Business (Panel Discussion)

Chris Forward, Harvey's Oil

Richard Mandeville, TechnipFMC

David Mitchell, Pennecon

There are a wide variety of reasons why occupational health & safety is critical for running a successful business. Companies can incur significant savings in the long run by prioritizing safety. "Safety does not cost, it pays". Our panelist will speak to the facts that make their business a success.

2:30 - 3:15

Safety Culture Assessment Tool

David Lacey, WorkplaceNL

Cindy Schiekwek, Workplace Safety North

It's time to change the way we do things; but we must first change the way we view things. We need to look at the Health and Safety Ecosystem (where systems meet culture) in its entirety. This season aims to introduce the concept of the H&S Ecosystem in combination with the CAAT: a 360 degree approach that measures and quantifies the maturity of a firm H&S Ecosystem with a 'building block' action plan approach. Learn about the next step change in the evolution of workplace health and safety that WorkplaceNL is undertaking and ask yourself: 'How's your Health and Safety Ecosystem? How do you know?

3:15 - 3:45

Refreshment Break and Viewing of Exhibits

3:45 - 4:30

Dead Tired: The Dangers of Fatigue in the Workplace

Kim Cullen, Memorial University

This session will summarize the current best available research evidence on the signs and symptoms of physical and mental fatigue and the impact fatigue has on worker health and safety. Practical tips for workers and strategies that employers can employ to help keep their workers safe will be discussed.

6:30

Reception - Cash Bar (Quality Hotel)

7:00

NLOHSA Annual Dinner (Quality Hotel)

After Dinner Entertainment: Vicky Mullaley