January 2018 - HRSGroup - Providing Occupational Health and Safety Training

Blog Post #854 – Farm Worker Killed by Equipment

January 28, 2018
Dan
Alberta Safety, Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Employment Standard, Events, Farming, Federal, Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine An employee of a processing facility near the village of Cremona, Alberta was killed in an industrial mishap on August 16, 2017.

Blog Post #853 – Colacem Canada Inc. Fined $60,000

January 27, 2018
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Events, Federal, Federal, Health and Safety, Lockout and Tagout, Machine Guarding, Mining, Ontario Health and Safety

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ Colacem Canada Inc., which operates a cement plant in Wendover, Ontario, pleaded guilty and has been fined $60,000 after a worker was injured...

Blog Post #852 – Funds Raised for Paramedic

January 13, 2018
Dan
Alberta Safety, Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Events, Federal, Health and Safety, Violence and Harassment

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine Following a near-fatal drug exposure that a paramedic in Calgary recently experienced on the job, the Alberta Paramedic Association (APA) activated its own eventual...

Blog Post #851 – Resolute FP Canada Inc. Fined $150,000 After Worker Burned in Dust Explosion

January 7, 2018
Dan
Blog, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Federal, Health and Safety, Industrial, Ontario Health and Safety

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ Resolute FP Canada Inc., operator of a paper mill, pleaded guilty and has been fined $150,000 after a worker was burned following an...