Posts Categorized As: Federal

Blog Post #1095 – Worker Pulled into Traffic and Injured, Employer Fined $50,000

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 An employee working for Liqui-Force Services (Ontario) Inc. received critical injuries after being pulled into moving traffic by a cable. Liqui-Force Services (Ontario) Inc., operates a no-dig, pipeline rehabilitation service and offers complete pipeline system inspection, assessment, rehabilitation and maintenance. The accident took place on February 28, 2017.

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Blog #1092 – Hypoxia Involved in Crash

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Hypoxia, or in-flight oxygen deprivation, was a likely factor in a plane crash that killed a pilot and survey technician in Alberta last year, according to a recent investigation report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB).

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Blog Post #1088 – Sparks Injure Worker in Nunavut

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) has laid Six charges against Tower Arctic Limited, under the Nunavut Safety Act, in response to an employee injury that occurred last year in the municipality of Pond Inlet, Nunavut.

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