b'CSAM NEWSBUILDING SUCCESS IN SAFETY AT CSAM: THE SAFETY CONFERENCEAfter a two-year hiatus, CSAM: THEbut helps employers, supervisors Safety Conference returned to theand workers meet their legislated RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg thisresponsibilities.February, with 1,845 participants, 49Beyond safety training, CSAM: THE sponsors and 83 tradeshow boothsSafety Conferences tradeshow committing to build safer workplaces. showcased a diverse variety of Thats bigger and better thanexhibitors, connecting workers, pre-pandemic, with a 17-per-centsupervisors, managers and purchasers increase in registration from 2020. directly to the latest in safety products, CSAM: THE Safety Conferenceservices, clothing and PPE.is hugely important to ManitobasCSAM: THE Safety Conference is a construction industry, says conferencetime when safety professionals get Co-Chair and Construction Safetyenergized and recharged, as the whole Association of Manitoba (CSAM)event promotes safety, says Qualico Executive Director Sean Scott. TheNational Safety Program Development response to this years conferenceManager Phil Fileccia. The event really indicates that constructionattracts many, many workers, owners, companies value their workers safetymanagers and safety professionals at the jobsite. who want to learn more about ways This increase in registration requiredto ensure compliance and protect CSAM to schedule extra trainingthemselves and others from incidents.sessions and add more spaces forFileccia attended this years CSAM: Confined Space Entry and EntryTHE Safety Conference as both a Rescue, Supervisor 2.0 and Working participant and a course instructor, at Heights. and he plans to continue sending CSAM and its training partners issuedworkers to future conferences. I 2,594 training certificates for 26applaud CSAMs efforts in creating and courses, including a variety of topicsdelivering such a high-calibre event, like Material Handling in Construction,he says.Hazard Identification and Risk ControlCSAM continues to find new ways to and Basic First Aid. raise the bar and bring new initiatives These are critical andin someto CSAM: THE Safety Conference. The caseslegally required courses, ScottCSAM team thanks everyone involved says. CSAM: THE Safety Conferencefor another great conferenceand not only works to prevent injuries,already looks forward to 2024!To view more photos from the event, visit the Industry News page at constructionsafety.ca. Issue 1 | Spring Edition | 2023 BUILD MANITOBA 31'