March 2012 - HRSGroup - Providing Occupational Health and Safety Training

Blog Post #225 – Electrical Contact Claims Worker, Injures Another in Alberta

March 31, 2012
Dan
Alberta Safety, Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Electrical Safety, Employer Responsibilities, Events, Federal, Federal, Health and Safety, Lockout and Tagout

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine An Alberta employee returned to work almost a week after an electrical contact injured him and left his co-worker dead.

Blog Post #224 – Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc. Fined $100,000 after Worker Injured

March 30, 2012
Dan
Blog, Due Diligence, Electrical Safety, Employer Responsibilities, Events, Federal, Health and Safety, Industrial, Lockout and Tagout, Machine Guarding, Ontario Health and Safety

Excerpt from the Government of Ontario ‘Newsroom’ Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc., of Kitchener, was fined $100,000 yesterday for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a...

Blog Post #223 – Ore Bin Collapse Claims Worker

March 27, 2012
Dan
Blog, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Health and Safety, Manitoba health and safety, Material Handling, Mining

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine Two workers at a potash mine in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan were injured, one fatally, on November 28, 2010 when a raw ore bin's bottom collapsed...

Blog Post #222 – Manitoba Utility Worker’s Truck Breaks Through Ice

March 26, 2012
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Electrical Safety, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Events, Federal, Health and Safety, Manitoba health and safety, Manitoba Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine A Manitoba Hydro employee was treated in hospital after the truck he was driving on an ice-covered lake at the Stephenfield Provincial Park broke...