Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Dan Birch
The deaths of three workers tasked with helping to refurbish a shaft at the Bachelor Lake gold mine in northwestern Quebec reveals in sad, often shocking, detail the need for constant vigilance.
Blog Post #285 – Infinity Marble of Canada Fined $17,000 for Non-Compliance
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Waldemar Kozuchowski, sole proprietor of Infinity Marble of Canada, a synthetic marble and granite manufacturing company, was fined $17,000 for failing to comply with inspectors’ orders.
Blog Post #283 – Insufficient Funding Is Biggest Barrier to Workplace Safety
Report from OHS Insider
A safety coordinator can have the best, most innovative safety programs in mind. But without the money to implement those programs, they may never see the light of day–and workplace safety may suffer as a result.
Blog Post #271 – Protests Concerning over-crowded Jails, Staffing Shortages
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Jason Contant
Correctional officers from across Ontario held a demonstration at the North Bay Jail recently to raise concerns surrounding prison overcrowding, under-staffing issues and violence in the workplace at provincial prisons.