High-Impact Health & Safety Support Services

Occupational Health & Safety Consulting

Occupational Health & Safety Training

Critical Injury Investigations

Pre-Start Health & Safety Reviews

Noise Testing

Audits: OH&S Management System, Workwell

Larry Westlake, P.Eng. is the Safety Engineer for High-Impact Health & Safety Support Services (a division of Westlake & Associates Consulting).

Contact Information:

Phone: (807) 345-6691   Fax: (807) 345-8229   Email: ohslaw@shaw.ca 126 Essex Court, Thunder Bay, ON P7A 7P1

Experience

Larry has over 35 years of full-time experience in occupational health & safety management,

• In various workplaces (construction, fine paper manufacturing, oriented strandboard production, and chemical manufacturing),
• With the I.A.P.A. (Industrial Accident Prevention Association, now the Workplace Safety & Prevention Services) as a Consultant/ Trainer, District Engineer and Chief Engineer, and
• As Northwestern Ontario District Engineer with the Ontario Ministry of Labour.

With this background and experience, Larry is qualified to provide the following services to clients:

Health & Safety Consulting

• Crisis assistance (MOL orders/ prosecutions; critical injury investigations; expert witness in court; WSIB Workwell Core and Small Business Audits) (click on "Crisis Assistance" above for more information)
• Pre-Start Health & Safety Reviews (required under section 7, Industrial Regulations) for certain new or modified equipment
• Customized training: workers, supervisors, management (such as Confined Space Entry, Traffic Control, Chemical Safety, and the Ontario Construction Regulations)
• Support for JH&S Committees, Human Resources staff
• Workplace-specific WHMIS, interpretation and updating of MSDS's and SDS's; chemical control programs; advice on the the pending Globally Harmonized System (GHS) changes to WHMIS
• Workplace inspections, advice regarding legal compliance
• Policy and procedure development
• Health & Safety Assessments (click on "More than an Audit" above, for more information)
• Confined Space Entry programs (click on this title above for more information)
• Flammable & combustible liquids storage & handling

Noise Measurement, Control and Hearing Conservation

Larry has an extensive background in the field of noise and hearing conservation. He has served as a member of the Canadian Standards Association's Z107 Acoustics and Noise Control Committee, and Subcommittee on Industrial Noise. While on staff at I.A.P.A., he presented regularly-scheduled "Noise & Hearing Conservation" seminars. He has completed numerous noise testing projects, assisting companies with reducing worker exposures to noise, providing effective hearing protection programs, as well as assisting organizations with office noise concerns (e.g. privacy of enclosed offices, open office layouts).

Larry uses the latest noise measurement instrumentation technology (integrating sound level meter, octave band analysis) to determine worker exposures and noise control techniques. As an engineer, he is able to make recommendations for engineering controls to reduce workplace noise and improve office privacy. Larry is also able to effectively train workers and supervisors regarding the hazards of noise and the proper selection, use and care of hearing protectors.

For more information regarding Ontario's legal requirements for workplace noise exposures, click on "Noise: Did you Know?", above. For more information on office noise and privacy, click on "Office Noise", above.

Memberships

Larry is a member of the Canadian Acoustical Association, the Canadian Society for Safety Engineering (Chapter Vice-Chair), the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (Chapter Executive) and the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce. Larry (as the CEO) is insured by WSIB, and the company is a member firm of W.S.P.S. (formerly I.A.P.A.); he also carries comprehensive general liability insurance. Larry volunteers on the Chapter (chair) and Forum North Planning committees of W.S.P.S., and the Small Business (chair) and Education committees of the Chamber of Commerce.