Posts Categorized As: Engineering Standards

Blog Post #1730 – OHS Leadership Across Borders

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Report from the CSA Group – May 2025

In an increasingly interconnected world, globalization is transforming occupational health and safety (OHS) in workplaces across Canada and beyond. As organizations expand across borders, so too do the challenges of maintaining consistent safety standards. However, this global shift also brings opportunities, allowing countries to collaborate, share leading practices, and improve workplace safety on an international scale. For more than 75 years, CSA Group has been at the forefront of OHS standards development, shaping policies that influence not only Canadian workplaces but also the North American and global OHS landscape.

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Blog Post #1682 – How to Safely Execute Rescues at Height

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Feature written by: James Careless, a Freelance Writer

Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2024)

Even with the best training, personal protective equipment (PPE), and responsible operational procedures, accidents do occur when people fall while working at height. In cases where the person cannot recover themselves, safe and effective response by others on the job site is essential.

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Blog Post #1610 – Workplace Injury Leads to $70,000 in Fines for London Flooring Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by BNE Concrete Floors & Coatings Inc. of Cambridge, Ontario, was critically injured after prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed under section 47(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The company also failed to immediately notify an inspector of a critical injury at the workplace, contrary to section 51(1) of the Act.

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