Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Dan Birch
The deaths of three workers tasked with helping to refurbish a shaft at the Bachelor Lake gold mine in northwestern Quebec reveals in sad, often shocking, detail the need for constant vigilance.
Dan
Blog Post #285 – Infinity Marble of Canada Fined $17,000 for Non-Compliance
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Waldemar Kozuchowski, sole proprietor of Infinity Marble of Canada, a synthetic marble and granite manufacturing company, was fined $17,000 for failing to comply with inspectors’ orders.
Blog Post #284 – BFI Canada Inc. Fined $150,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
BFI Canada Inc., a waste management company operating in Canada and the United States, was fined $150,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #283 – Insufficient Funding Is Biggest Barrier to Workplace Safety
Report from OHS Insider
A safety coordinator can have the best, most innovative safety programs in mind. But without the money to implement those programs, they may never see the light of day–and workplace safety may suffer as a result.