Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
More than two years after Alberta passed legislation with new safety rules for farms, Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province is still consulting and has no specific timeline to enact the regulations.
Blog Post #897 – Firm, Supervisor Fined Following Collapse
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nine months after a construction worker was partly buried and injured after a wall collapse in a trench, the injured worker’s employer and supervisor were fined $125,000 and $5,000 respectively, on August 11, 2017.
Blog Post #858 – Western Mechanical Electrical Millwright Services Ltd., Fined $50,000
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Western Mechanical Electrical Millwright Services Ltd., a company that provides millwright and structural engineering services, pleaded guilty and has been fined $50,000 after a worker was pinned by falling posts and injured on a construction site.
Blog Post #847 – Cancer Linked to Firefighting
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Firefighters in Newfoundland and Labrador are looking forward to legislative changes that will allow them to claim workers’ compensation for cancer in the future, after a report by the province’s Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (WHSCC) recommends that cancer be considered a workplace hazard for career firefighters.