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Welcome to the CSSE Calgary Chapter Web Site.
The Home of CSSE’s Largest Chapter, with a membership in excess of 500 members.
Dear CSSE Calgary Chapter member:
Workplace Health and Safety has released the OHS Code 2009 that replaces the previous 2006 edition. The changes have an effective date of July 1, 2009. A representative from Workplace Health and Safety will provide an overview of the changes.
When: May 28, 2009 from 8:00am - 5:00pm
Where: Sheraton Cavalier Hotel, 2620—32 Avenue NE, Calgary AB T1Y 6B8
Cost: $115 for CSSE Chapter members,$135 for non-affiliates
The seminar cost includes a continental breakfast, lunch and course materials.
Click HERE to download a brochure.
The next regular Meeting of the Calgary Chapter of the CSSE:
Date: Monday, June 8th, 2009
Location: Greenwood Inn, 3515 - 26th Street N.E. {click for map}
Time: Doors open @ 11:30, meeting begins at noon.
Speaker: Paul Watts, Rock Well Animation.
Topic: Machinery Safety and the Migration of Safety Categories Standards.
Speaker Profile: A Calgary Based, Machinery Safety Product Specialist. Paul is an apprentice trained engineer from the UK with 15 years engineering experience, who has been working as a Machinery Safety Product Specialist for the last 7 years. Paul is new to Canada having only been here since October 2008, and is very keen to become an active member of the CSSE.
Topic Summary: Canadian standard CSA Z432-04, Safeguarding of Machinery - Section 5.6 of this standard refers to risk reduction and talks about the protective measures and control circuit performance according to European Standard ISO 139489-1:1999 (Safety Categories Standard) at the beginning of 2010, this standard becomes obsolete the choice of two new functional safety standards EN ISO 13849-1:2006 and IEC 62061 will need to be made. The presentation will talk about the migration of the Safety Categories from EN954-1 (ISO 13849-1:1999), to EN ISO13849-1:2006 and ultimately to IEC 62061. What the implications are and what people will need to do to remain compliant. The intention of the presentation is to demystify these changes.
Pre-registration and payment is required! Guests and members attending without pre-registration prior to midnight on June 4, 2009, will pay an additional $10.00 over the registration fee. If you are unable to register by the early bird cut off, we would still like you to register prior to Monday morning to allow the Hotel Catering enough time to prepare for us. An accurate count of those attending allows the hotel to assign the most appropriate sized room and ensures that there will be enough lunch for everyone.
To register, click on the online registration button and complete all the information. You must pay by credit card! When you have registered successfully, you will be presented with an on screen confirmation. Please print this confirmation and bring it with you as proof of payment. You will also receive an email confirmation of your registration to the email address you used for your registration. This is your official confirmation. If you do not get both of these confirmations, please contact Roni via email below and advise of the error.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Stay Safe,
Roni White, CRSP,
Meeting Notifier.
Dates and information are subject to change. Events are updated as new information becomes available.
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