March 2016 - HRSGroup - Providing Occupational Health and Safety Training

Blog Post #666 – Utility Worker Electrocuted

March 20, 2016
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Electrical Safety, Elevating Work Platforms, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Events, Fall Protection, Health and Safety, Lockout and Tagout, Ontario Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine Sandy, the superstorm that ravaged the Eastern seaboard in October, is being blamed for the death of a worker in southern Ontario.

Blog Post #665 – Worker Injury Prompts Fine

March 15, 2016
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Crane Accident, Due Diligence, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Health and Safety, Saskatchewan Health and Safety, Saskatchewan Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine A company in Saskatoon was fined $9100 on September 20, 2012 for violating Saskatchewan’s Occupational Health & Safety Act.

Blog Post #664 – Potash Miners Trapped

March 13, 2016
Dan
Blog, Employer Responsibilities, Employment Standard, Engineering Standards, Events, Federal, Federal, Health and Safety, Mining, Saskatchewan Health and Safety, Saskatchewan Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine Twenty-nine miners were rescued after being trapped by a blaze on the ground at a mine in Saskatchewan.

Blog Post #663 – Overloaded Roof Collapses

March 12, 2016
Dan
Alberta Safety, Blog, Construction, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Events, Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine A contractor was fined $15,000 for overloading the roof of a long-term care facility in Calgary, Alberta with building materials, causing it to collapse.