Posts Categorized As: Canadian Health and Safety

Blog Post #1300 – Penalty Issued for Explosion

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2016)

A British Columbia company was fined nearly $56,000 on December 21, 2015 after WorkSafeBC completed its inspection of an explosion that injured three workers and it would-pellet plant in Burns Lake on October 9, 2014.

Blog Post #1299 – Progress Made in Action Plan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2015)

Five months after the announcement of the WorkSafeBC Review and Action Plan report, the regulatory agency posted its first update of its progress online on December 09, 2014.

Blog Post #1296 – Diesel Exhaust can Alter DNA

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2015)

Just two hours after exposure two diesel-exhaust fumes can lead to fundamental health-related changes in biology, a new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Vancouver Coastal Health suggests.