Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2024)
On June 14, 2024, the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) ratified a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH).
Blog Post #1662 – Workplace Injury Leads to $80,000 Fine for Ottawa-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd. of Ottawa, Ontario, a concrete contractor, was injured when moving a fly form, a system used for supporting poured concrete slabs on buildings during construction. The company failed to ensure the fly form was stored and moved in a manner that did not endanger the worker, as required by section 37(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1660 – Heat Up Your Safety Game: Tips to Keep Cool in the Summer Sun
Report by Anna Shoultz
(Anna Shoultz is an excellent free lance writer)
From the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2023)
With warmer weather arriving across Canada, we’ll soon be in the thick of summer heat. That means employers, and workers, need to prepare to avoid heat-related illnesses in the workplace.
Blog Post #1659 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Brampton-based Construction Contractor
Report from the government of ‘Ontario’s Newsroom’
A worker, Frontline Cable and Gas Services Inc., of Brantford, Ontario, an excavating contractor, employed by was fatally injured when the employer failed to install blocking required to prevent the collapse or movement of a piece of equipment being repaired. The employer failed to ensure that the provisions of section 108 of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were complied with at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.