Written by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Article from the OH&S Canada magazine – (Nov. 2021)
Harassment and violence in the workplace can take many forms and it doesn’t always have a single perpetrator and victim.
Blog Post #1427 – Better Protections Needed in Prince Edward Island
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2015)
Following the sentencing of a patient at a Charlottetown mental-health hospital for assaulting a worker, the union representing the facility’s staff has met with the hospital administration regarding violence against employees.
Blog Post #1423 – Life Afterwards: by Samantha Frazer
This message/post was written by Samantha Frazer, the daughter of the man killed at MMFX Steel of Canada plant on January 20, 2009. I wrote about this particular accident in 2012, and can be read by pulling up blog post #227. It was just another in a long line of workplace fatalities but this message … Continue Reading
Blog Post #1415 – Opioid Poisoning Response Added to Red Cross First Aid/CPR Training
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2021)
To help save lives, the Canadian Red Cross has added training to identify and respond to opioid poisoning in all its first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) programs offered across the country.