Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2022)
British Columbia has introduced legislation designed to help workers safe from asbestos.
Blog Post #1563 – Asbestos Risk Closes Store
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
The Dollar Tree location in downtown Victoria was temporarily closed after an inspection by WorkSafeBC, because of crumbling floor tiles containing asbestos.
Blog Post #1507 – Asbestos Exposure Spurs Fine
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017)
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, was fined $50,000 on January 13, 2017, after municipality employees were exposed to asbestos for 25 days while removing and replacing equipment in a well house at the Waterloo water-pumping station from October 02nd to the 27th in 2015.
Blog Post #954 – Regional Municipality of Waterloo Fined $50,000 After Workers Exposed to Asbestos
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo pleaded guilty and has been fined $50,000 after workers were exposed to the hazard of asbestos.