Best Practices manuals in demand
Work Safe Alberta’s best practices guidelines are so popular that AUPE’s head office has run out of copies of several editions.
“We’ve had so many requests from members that we’re all out of the first three manuals,” said Occupational Health and Safety Representative Dennis Malayko. “The only one we currently have in stock is the latest volume, ‘Best Practices for the Assessment and Control of Physical Hazards.’”
The 220-page document, released over the summer, outlines methods to safely handle everything from falling hazards to noise hazards to driving.
AUPE was one of several organizations that helped develop the series of five best practices manuals. So far, four have been released.
AUPE has run out of copies of the first three volumes: “No Unsafe Lifts,” “Best Practices for Biological Hazards” and “Best Practices for Chemical Hazards,” but Malayko says more have been ordered.
“We’ll let members know as soon as they’re available,” he said.
The fifth manual, “Best Practices for Psychological Hazards,” is expected to be released later this year.
To get your copy of the physical hazards manual, call AUPE Occupational Health and Safety Rep Dennis Malayko at (780) 930-3362 or email him at d.malayko@aupe.org.