Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
After years of legal wrangling, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled in April, 2011, that the captain of a ferry that sank five years earlier was not terminated because he raised safety concerns.
Blog Post #515 – RCMP Officer Hurt While Saving Teen
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A member of the Chilliwack RCMP in British Columbia suffered leg injuries while preventing a teenager from being hit by an out-of-control truck.
Blog Post #470 – Flawed Demolition Probed
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A building demolition in Vancouver went sideways in June, causing two walls to topple and send dust and rubble into the street.
At about 6 pm on June 10, 2010, workers were in the process of demolishing the building in question when an excavator knocked down a wall and it fell into the street close to a pedestrian and passing car. Shortly thereafter, another wall crumbled, toppling a light standard and sending rubble into the street near a flagger. There were no injuries.
Blog Post #399 – Laid-Off Pregnant Worker Granted Award
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
More than a year after it first heard the case, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded about $26,000 to a British Columbia woman who argued her employer discriminated against her because she was pregnant.