Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2015)
New Brunswick’s workers’ compensation authority has launched an initiative to improve worker safety in the waste-collection industry.
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Blog Post #1425 – Workplace Injury Results in $110,000 Fine for Concord Employer
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On June 24, 2020, a worker, employed by Indwisco Limited of Concord, Ontario, was attempting to do a quality check on a vertical wire drawing machine. The machine was located on an elevated platform accessible by a stairway with six steps. While climbing the stairs to perform the task, the worker lost their footing. When instinctively extending their arms to brace their fall, the worker’s gloved hand came in contact with the moving wire, injuring the worker.
Blog Post #1424 – Leak Prompts Emergency at Vale’s Nickel and Copper Smelter
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2015)
An emergency was declared in Sudbury, Ontario, following the accidental release of nitrogen-oxide and nitrogen-dioxide mist into the outdoor air at Vale’s nickel and copper smelter on August 13, 2015.
Blog Post #1423 – Life Afterwards: by Samantha Frazer
This message/post was written by Samantha Frazer, the daughter of the man killed at MMFX Steel of Canada plant on January 20, 2009. I wrote about this particular accident in 2012, and can be read by pulling up blog post #227. It was just another in a long line of workplace fatalities but this message … Continue Reading