Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A British Columbia reforestation company has been ordered to pay more than $232,000 after the province’s labour ministry discovered violations ranging from unpaid wages to unauthorized deductions.
Blog Post #288 – Alberta Government Erasing Farm Workers, the Alberta Federation of Labour says
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The Alberta Federation of Labour is criticizing the provincial government for no longer reporting farm fatalities. The federation says the move is an example of how ”agricultural workers are being erased in Alberta.”
Blog Post #287 – Confined Space and its Hazards – Death by Design
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Jason Contant
On the morning of September 5, 2008, a plumber was called to A-1 Mushroom Substratum Ltd. in Langley, British Columbia for the second time in as many days. There, he found an intake pipe at the bottom of a pump shed completely blocked and informed a supervisor at the mushroom composting facility that a company with expertise in sewer pump-out would be needed.
Blog Post #286 – Safety Submerged at Bachelor Lake gold mine
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Dan Birch
The deaths of three workers tasked with helping to refurbish a shaft at the Bachelor Lake gold mine in northwestern Quebec reveals in sad, often shocking, detail the need for constant vigilance.