Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A group of employees at a Nova Scotia tissue bank have been awarded $10,000 after they were found to have been intimidated and harassed on the job.
Blog Post #295 – Final Descent – “The Sullivan Mine Disaster”
Good intention, an unforeseen response, a preventable accident. Four lives were lost when, one by one, the individuals entered a sump at an inactive mine in British Columbia. A reclamation project, it seems, transformed a once-safe work area into a deadly zone. Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine By: Jean Lian It all seems so … Continue Reading
Blog Post #294 – Town Fined in Deadly Trench Collapse
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The Town of New Glasgow in Nova Scotia must pay $25,000 and various other penalties following a trench collapse two years ago that claimed the life of a worker.
Blog Post #290 – The Westray Conundrum
Westray won an award as Canada’s safest mine barely a month before it sent 26 men to their deaths. Six years later, with the release of the report of the Westray Inquiry, a baffling and disturbing picture emerges that should make every health and safety professional think long and hard about how safety systems fail.
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Dean Jobb