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41、rocessed Chlorine Free certified, and was manufactured using biogas energy. 2012 CSA Group Anchorage connectorsApril 2013Technical Committee on Fall ProtectionR. ONeil Fall Protection Group Inc.,Calgary, AlbertaChairG.E. Small High Engineering Corp.,Calgary, AlbertaVice-ChairM. Abskharoun Ministry o
42、f Labour,Mississauga, OntarioT.J. Accursi Peakworks Inc.,Vaughan, OntarioA.L. Albert WorkSafeNB,Saint John, New BrunswickP.L. Anderson Sperian Fall Protection Inc.,Franklin, Pennsylvania, USAJ.E. Arteau cole de technologie suprieure,Montral, QubecJ. Bencharski Manitoba Hydro,Winnipeg, ManitobaAssoci
43、ateG. Bride Stratford Shakespeare Festival,Stratford, OntarioC. Budziak NSafe Engineering Inc.,Toronto, OntarioAssociateW. Chan WorkSafe BC,Vancouver, British ColumbiaA. Chantelois Prochute Scurit Inc.,Saint-Lambert, QubecP. Clemmons J.E. Lortie Cie Limite,Montral, QubecAssociateG.O. Crabbe Canadian
44、 Department of National Defence Organization,Ottawa, OntarioAssociateL. Desbois Prochute Scurit Inc.,Saint-Lambert, QubecAssociateS. Doan Niagara Safety Products,Fort Erie, OntarioAssociatev(Replaces p. v, January 2012)Z259.15-12 2012 CSA GroupApril 2013W. Donnelly New Heights Industries, Inc.,Winni
45、peg, ManitobaAssociateS. Dunn Suncor Energy,Mississauga, OntarioAssociateV. Furukawa CSA International,Toronto, OntarioAssociateG. Fusco Peakworks Inc.,Vaughan, OntarioAssociateJ. Giovengo MSA North America,Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, USAAssociateK. Glubish City of Edmonton Corporate Services,
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