Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Following a near-fatal drug exposure that a paramedic in Calgary recently experienced on the job, the Alberta Paramedic Association (APA) activated its own eventual fund to raise money to support the worker.
Blog Post #614 – Worker Caught by Dozer, Tree
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Alberta company was handed penalties totaling $250,000 more than five years after a worker was crushed between a vehicle and a tree.
Blog Post #581 – Oil Sands Trial Delayed
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine and the Alberta Federation of Labour
A decision was made in September, 2011, to delay the trial for at least two companies charged in the deaths of two temporary foreign workers.
Blog Post #547 – Getting Strict With Violators
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Alberta is implementing stricter guidelines for a certificate of recognition(COR) system to ensure improved scrutiny of core holding COR-holding companies that experience a work-related deaths and serious injuries.