District 7 HEALTH & SAFETY INFO

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Worker Health & Safety Concerns
For every single health and safety concerns at your worksite, each member must complete BWDSB form AF3813 and submit to your administration immediately.

Paper copies of AF3813 should be available on your school’s H&S bulletin board, and an electronic copy is available here:
​BWDSB Worker H&S Concern Form AF3813 

You may wish to speak to one of the Worker Reps on your worksite's Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) about the concern as well. 

If your concerns are not addressed at the school/worksite level, you may contact the District Health and Safety Officer, Brian Windross, at windross@live.com. 
Do you have questions about your Health & Safety rights when it comes to COVID-19?

The OFL has created a useful guide for education workers, which clarifies specific workers' rights under the Occupational Health and Safety Act during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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​Specifically, the guide provides information about:
  • the work refusal process,
  • reporting workplace exposures and cases of COVID-19 to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), and
  • where to find more information about COVID-19.
​Click the button below to download the PDF: 
2021-22 DISTRICT 7 HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE

H&S Committee Chair:
Brian Windross
District Health & Safety Officer
windross@live.com

Bargaining Unit Health and Safety Officers:
​ESP: Dan Kerr
OPT: Kevin Smith
OT: Katie Holmes
PSSP: Linda Law
TBU: Brian Windross
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The TBU has H&S Reps on the JHSC at each secondary school:
BPDS: Kevin Kuipers
GBCS: Katie Holmes
GHSS: Jehanne Finlay
JDSS: Tim Wise
KDSS: Kyle Wilkinson
OSDSS: Brian Windross 
PSDS: Pat Day
SDSS: Kathryn Vogan
WDCS: Melissa Lawrence
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HEALTH & SAFETY RESOURCES

BWDSB H&S Worker Concern Form AF3813 

OSSTF's Health and Safety Checklist for COVID-19 Issues for Members

The Bluewater Online Incident Reporting Tool

WSIB Reporting and Tracking Form 

WSIB Claims: Reporting an Injury (includes Functional Abilities Form) 

BWDSB Functional Abilities Form (PDF format)
​BWDSB Functional Abilities Form (Word format)

Student Incident Report Form 

Workplace Assault Protocol

The 3 Rs of Workplace Violence

AODA Accessibility
AODA Compliance
​AODA Training Pamphlet

Scent-Free Zone Poster English
​Scent-Free Zone Poster français 

Protocol for Entry to District Office During COVID-19 Pandemic

Any person accessing the District Office shall perform a COVID-19 self-assessment before gaining entry.

Entry will be denied to any person who has any of the symptoms of COVID-19.

No person who has been exposed to an individual with COVID-19 symptoms will be permitted access within 14 days of the exposure.

All persons are expected to maintain a distance of two meters apart from others at all times where possible.

All persons are expected to wear a mask while moving from one room to another.

Visitor Protocol
  • The front door shall be the only point of entry and shall remain locked.
  • Visitors are to knock/ring bell upon arrival.
  • The Office Manager or designate will unlock door and return to behind the front desk.
  • Visitors shall then enter and use the handwash.
  • Visitors are required to give their name, address, and telephone number as part of the sign-in/sign-out procedure.
  • Visitors are required to truthfully answer NO to the following questions before being allowed to remain in the office:
    •  Do you have any of the following symptoms: fever/feverish, new or existing cough and/or difficulty breathing?
    • Have you traveled outside of the province of Ontario within the last 14 days?
    • Have you had close contact with a person with acute respiratory illness who has been outside of the province of Ontario within the last 14 days?
  • Sign-in/sign-out of any and all visitors shall be completed upon entry by the Office Manager or designate for the purposes of contact tracing.

Lobby
  • Front Coffee Bar: Relocate to Board Room.
  • Shredder: Relocate to front window.
  • Mini-fridge: Maintained at current location.
  • Photocopier: Relocate to front corner (window). Users shall wash hands before and after each use.
  • Hand Wash Station: A hand sanitizer container shall be maintained in the lobby on the coffee bar table.
  • Signage: Post two signs on door window to face the exterior:
    • One sign to read: “Only one visitor may enter at a time. Upon entry, please wait behind caution/stop line and use hand wash. You are required to give your name, telephone number and address upon arrival for tracking purposes.”
    • One sign to read: “Before entry, please consider the following:
      • Do you have any of the following symptoms: fever/feverish, new or existing cough and/or difficulty breathing?
      • Have you traveled outside of the province of Ontario within the last 14 days?
      • Have you had close contact with a person with acute respiratory illness who has been outside of the province of Ontario within the last 14 days?
      • If you have answered yes to any of the above, entry to this office is denied.”

​Front Desk
  • Plexiglass barrier shall be maintained across ledge using 2x4 framing and affixed to desk using non-marring C-clamps.
  • Northwest barrier shall be installed across floor using 2x4 framing (using vapour barrier) and affixed to desk.
  • Computer keyboard, mouse, and power/reset buttons shall be wiped at the end of each day’s use, using disinfecting wipes.
  • Phone use shall be limited to front desk only and shall be wiped prior to and after each use and at the end of each day’s use, using disinfecting wipes.

ESP & OPT Office
  • Occupancy limited to two (2) people at any one time.
  • Phone use shall be limited to the ESP & OPT office only and shall be wiped prior to and after each use and at the end of each day’s use, using disinfecting wipes.

TBU Office
  • Occupancy limited to one (2) people at any one time.
  • Phone use shall be limited to the TBU office only and shall be wiped prior to and after each use and at the end of each day’s use, using disinfecting wipes.

Board Room
  • Occupancy limited to ten (10) people at any one time.
  • Phone use shall be limited to the Board Room only and shall be wiped prior to and after each use and at the end of each day’s use of the room, using disinfecting wipes. This shall include the conference phone.
  • Table shall be wiped down after each use, using disinfecting wipes.

Kitchen
  • Occupancy limited to one (1) person at any one time.
  • Appliances shall be wiped down after each use, using disinfecting wipes.
  • Cleaning Protocol: use soap and warm water to remove soil from surfaces, followed by disinfecting wipes.

General Cleaning Protocol
  • High-touch surfaces shall be cleaned using disinfecting wipes at the close of each day’s use. High-touch surfaces shall include door knobs, light switches, phones, district laptop, expense binder, hole punch, stapler, table tops, counter tops, desk tops, paper shredder, photocopier, printers, faucets, and toilet handles.
  • Deep cleaning of the entire facility shall be performed by the cleaning services on a weekly basis.

Hand Wash Stations
  • A hand sanitizer container shall be maintained in the lobby (coffee bar table), front desk, ESP & OPT office, TBU office, and Board Room.

Phone Locations
  • One (1) cordless phone shall be provided and maintained at each of the following locations and shall be subject to cleaning protocols stated above: Front Office, ESP & OPT office, TBU Office and Board Room.
  • The conference phone shall be located on the Board Room table and shall be subject to cleaning protocols stated above.

This protocol shall be reviewed and amended as needed and in accordance with directives from the Ministry of Health and/or the Grey Bruce Public Health Unit.