Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2023)
Ontario is introducing new rules for mines in the province that call for increased ventilation and lower exposure to diesel exhaust.
Blog Post #1652 – Toronto Manufacturing Company Fined $90,000 for Worker Safety Offence
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Siltech Corporation, a chemical manufacturing company, failed, as an employer, to ensure containers were bonded and grounded as required by section 22(4)(b) of Ontario regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1635 – Police Search for Answers at ‘Vast’ Quebec Explosion Site
Report from the OHS Canada magazine (Winter 2023)
The investigation into the causes of a fatal blast at a propane company north of Montreal could be long and complex, police said, after three bodies were found at the site.
Blog Post #1632 – This is a follow-up report on the McIntyre Powder Project report from the number 1631 blog post.
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.”