Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)
A new report by City of Toronto Ombudsman, Fiona Crean, concludes that the city’s paramedic service needs to offer more assistance to its workers who suffer from psychological stress and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)
A supervisor with the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg who was infected by one of the diseases that he was researching in 2012 had insufficient safety training at the time.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2015)
The British Columbia Ministry of Health (MOH) has begun developing an action plan to address on-the-job violence against healthcare professionals, following a summit with unions and other industry stakeholders on April 7, 2015.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2016)
Ontario launched a new occupational health clinic in Ottawa on January 21, 2016. The full-service clinic will treat injured workers in Eastern Ontario and help to reduce work-related injury and disease.