Report from the United Steel Workers
Between 1943 and 1979, tens of thousands of Canadian workers, primarily in mining but also in other industrial workplaces, were compelled to endure toxic aluminum dust inhalation “therapy.”
Blog Post #1631 – Ontario Apologizes for Forcing Miners to Breathe in McIntyre Powder
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2023)
Ontario has apologized to mine workers in the province who were exposed to McIntyre Powder.
Blog Post #1629 – Ontario’s Naloxone Rules Take Effect June 2023
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2023)
Ontario is offering employers free naloxone kits, and the training for workers to use them, in an effort to combat opioid overdoses. Kits are required to be available in high-risk workplaces by June 01, 2023.
Blog Post #1623 – $680,000 Fine Handed Down in Devastating Explosion that Killed Workers
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine Spring (2024)
An Ontario company and its director have been fined a total of $680,000 after an explosion killed six workers and seriously injured another in January 2022.