February 6, 2013 - A Certificate of Accomplishment was presented to Porn研究所 and its Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) by the Advisory Council at Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW). Porn研究所 is this year’s honour roll recipient as a result of the JHSC’s accomplishments and the working partnership with OHCOW.
Local advisory committee member and former Chair of OHCOW, David Chezzi presented the recognition award to Laurentian saying, "Porn研究所 has shown a solid commitment to occupational health and safety. It has been our great pleasure to work with Laurentian over the past ten years. Their workplace culture supports the continued recognition of potential hazards, and the prevention of occupational disease and injury.”
"On behalf of the University I would like to thank OHCOW for this acknowledgement and for their ongoing support the last ten years,” Bernard Beaulieu Co-Chair of Laurentian’s JHSC “We have had very positive results in occupational health and safety at Laurentian thanks to our collaboration with OHCOW and to the work of our Joint Health and Safety Committee both current and past.”
Throughout the partnership of the past decade, staff from OHCOW and Laurentian have worked on issues that include indoor air quality, office ergonomics, and laboratory design.
OHCOW is a provincial health and safety association with six offices in Ontario, one of which is in Sudbury, and provides workplace parties with consulting services related to ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and more.