Posts Categorized As: Poor Air Quality

Blog Post #1556 – Workplace Fatality Results in $120,000 Fine for Lucan, Ontario-based Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 A worker was fatally injured due to carbon monoxide exposure following a fire in an oil‐lubricated air compressor. OJB Industries Inc. of Lucan, Ontario, failed, as an employer, to ensure that measures and procedures prescribed by section 10(5) of Ontario Regulation 833, CONTROL OF EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL OR CHEMICAL AGENTS, were carried out at a workplace contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Blog Post #1440 – Improving Indoor Air Quality – Part 4

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Article from the OH&S Canada magazine – (Fall – 2022)

Written by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)

“Maintaining Mechanical Ventilation Systems”

Properly designed and functioning HVAC systems keep indoor air circulating. Make sure that your ventilating systems are properly rated and configured for the layout of the space, type of activity, and maximum occupancy.

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Blog Post #1438 – Improving Indoor Air Quality – Part 3

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Article from the OH&S Canada magazine – (Fall – 2022)

Written by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)

“Increase the Introductions of Outdoor Air”

Natural ventilation can be maximized in order to improve indoor air quality. Open outdoor air dampers beyond minimum settings to reduce or eliminate HVAC air circulation.

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