Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker fell 4.09 metres from a raised platform and was injured. Cementation Canada Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure that a fall arrest system was used at the workplace to protect workers.
Blog Post #1434 – Mine Contracting and Engineering Company Fined $110,000 after Workplace Injury near Matachewan
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Cementation Canada Inc., of Toronto Ontario, fell 4.09 metres from a raised platform and was injured. Cementation Canada Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure that a fall arrest system was used at the workplace to protect workers exposed to a fall greater than three metres. Cementation Canada Inc. is an underground mine contracting and engineering company with offices in North Bay and Sudbury.
Blog Post #1424 – Leak Prompts Emergency at Vale’s Nickel and Copper Smelter
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2015)
An emergency was declared in Sudbury, Ontario, following the accidental release of nitrogen-oxide and nitrogen-dioxide mist into the outdoor air at Vale’s nickel and copper smelter on August 13, 2015.
Blog Post #1412 – Coping with Substance Use in the Canadian Workplace – Part Four
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2021)
Original Report from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
PART FOUR
Canada’s legalization of cannabis in 2018 sparked a national conversation on substance use and the stigmas surrounding addiction.