Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Alberta has set its sights on improving safety on the infamous Highway 63, otherwise known as the “Highway of Death,” that is claimed more than 100 lives since 2000.
Blog Post #636 – Worker Fatality Spurs Penalty to In-Line Contracting Ltd.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Edmonton-based company has been fined $16,000 following an incident that killed a worker. In-Line Contracting Ltd. pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that an effective safeguard was put into place to prevent contact with a dangerous part of a machine, notes a statement from Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety in June, 2012.
Blog Post #635 – Alberta Firms Get Record Penalty
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Two related companies in Alberta have been fined a combined record amount of nearly $2,500,000 more than four years after a worker was fatally crushed in a workplace incident.
Blog Post #628 – Province of Alberta Mulls PTSD Coverage
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
First responders in Alberta maybe one step closer to getting coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with the Progressive Conservatives’ (PC) victory in the provincial election on April 24, 2012.