Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
St. Marys Cement Inc. of Toronto has been fined $75,000 and a supervisor was fined $3,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #536 – Pharmacy Thefts on the Rise
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A lucrative street market for opiates is feeding an increase in robberies at Edmonton pharmacies, threatening to put staff safety on the line.
Blog Post #532 – Dismissal Not the Result of Raising Safety Concerns
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
After years of legal wrangling, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled in April, 2011, that the captain of a ferry that sank five years earlier was not terminated because he raised safety concerns.
Blog Post #528 – Concerns over Propane Tank in Nova Scotia
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotia’s department of education in Halifax is conducting a hazard assessment to determine if a propane tank in Nova Scotia, in close proximity to an elementary school is an acceptable risk to students and facility being built near the propane depot.