Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2016)
Manitoba’s public agency for preventing workplace injury and illness is warning workers of the risks of extreme heat, both outdoors and indoors without air conditioning. Safe Work Manitoba (SWM) issued a statement on July 20, 2016, suggesting measures to keep workers safe and comfortable.
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)
A fire broke out in an underground nickel mine in Thompson, Manitoba on April 5, 2015, when a piece of equipment burst into flames after being struck by a large chunk of falling debris. All 39 of the miners escaped unharmed.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Oct. 2014)
A review of Manitoba’s Public Interest (Whistleblower Protection) Act (PIDA) has spurred 10 recommendations, including the strengthening of protections available to address allegations of reprisal.