Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour and Advanced Education issued 10 safety orders and 29 warnings to the Donkin underground coal mine, which opened in February, 2017, even though none of the Cape Breton Island mine’s violations have put workers’ lives at risk. The orders and warnings stemmed from six Department inspections between February 27th and June 15th of that year, according to a CBC News report from August 04, 2017.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A worker was fatally injured when he was hit by a container at the loading dock of a foundry in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour and Advanced Education has released a discussion paper outlining a proposed system for administrative penalties in the province.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotia is commissioning a review on the health, social, economic and environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing.
Commonly known as “fracking”, the process involves pumping fluid or gas down a well to fracture rock below ground to access natural gas. “We have heard from Nova Scotians that they want to have their say and that review should be independent of government; we’ve listened on both counts,” Department of Energy Minister Charlie Parker said on August 28, 2013.