Health & Safety Canada 2005 Poster Abstracts

At Health & Safety Canada 2005, we were pleased to invite the research community to participate with us in this exciting new opportunity for researchers to display and present their work to a broad community of academics, professionals and practitioners. The primary focus for posters is the transfer of research, workplace applications, and best practices knowledge in health and safety.

Posters provide the opportunity to view research project summaries from around the world and an information exchange between author and conference delegates.


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Musculoskeletal disorders in single & multiple body regions among manual materials handlers: prevalence rates and validation of case studies
Dr. Ali Alhemood, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
(9 KB - PDF)

Measuring the Characteristics of Precarious employment and their effect on health outcomes
Alice deWolff, A., ACE, York University, Toronto ON Canada
(12 KB - PDF)

Moving Young Worker/Supervisor Research to Prevention
Lewko, J., Laurentian University, Sudbury ON Canada
(223 KB - PDF)

The Occupational and Environment working group of the Toronto Cancer Coalition
Cheryl Rook, RN, COHN©, COHN-S, CRSP, DOHS, Dip. McMaster (Env. Health)
Occupational Health Nurse, Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers Inc., Toronto ON Canada
(8 KB - PDF)

Baptism of Fire: The relationship between job tenure and lost time claims
Dr. Curtis Breslin, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto ON Canada
(7 KB - PDF)

Accomplishing what cannot be accomplished alone: When health and safety system partners become part of research
Dr. Dee Kramer, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto ON Canada
(9 KB - PDF)

Qualitative exposure assessment in the adjudication of workers compensation claims for occupational diseases
Derrick Chung, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Toronto ON Canada
(14 KB - PDF)

Potential Ergonomic and Hygiene benefits of using a SVRS as a method to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and dust related illnesses
Dru Sahai, Construction Safety Association Ontario
(10 KB - PDF)

Are defects in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Regulation involved in work related muscle pain?
H. Green, D. Ranney and R. Tupling and J. Ouyang
Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada
(11 KB - PDF)

An evaluation of a participatory ergonomic intervention in a courier company
(8 KB - PDF)

Outcomes in Contact Dermatitis
D Linn Holness, Centre for Research Expertise, Occupational Disease, Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, University of Toronto and St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto ON Canada
(8 KB - PDF)

Physician Occupational Disease Practice Survey
D Linn Holness, Centre for Research Expertise, Occupational Disease, Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, University of Toronto and St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto ON Canada
(8 KB - PDF)

Specific antibodies to Glutaraldehyde (GA) and formaldehyde (F) Among Medical Radiation Technologists (MRT's)
(8 KB - PDF)

What Story is Emerging About Global Mental Distress?
(1,979 KB - PDF)

Visibility Assessment and Knowledge Transfer for Mobile Vehicles in the Mining Industry
Dr. Paul Dunn, MIRARCO, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON Canada
(9 KB - PDF)

A Field Study of Rebar Tying Machine as a tool to reduce risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries
Peter Vi, Construction Safety Association of Ontario, Toronto ON
Almeida T., Iron Workers, Local 721, Toronto ON
(13 KB - PDF)

Darkroom Disease Symptoms and Associations in Medical Radiation Technologists Compared with Physiotherapists
(8 KB - PDF)

The Vortex of Mental Illness
(562 KB - PDF)

Promoting Psychological Literacy for the Age of Globalization: The Psychologically Healthy Corporation
(604 KB - PDF)