Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2024)
On June 14, 2024, the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) ratified a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH).
Blog Post #1662 – Workplace Injury Leads to $80,000 Fine for Ottawa-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd. of Ottawa, Ontario, a concrete contractor, was injured when moving a fly form, a system used for supporting poured concrete slabs on buildings during construction. The company failed to ensure the fly form was stored and moved in a manner that did not endanger the worker, as required by section 37(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1661 – Workplace Injury Results in $65,000 Fine for Waterloo Company
Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Valley Blades Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, a company that manufactures blades, cutting edges and other accessories for construction, mining and snow removal equipment, was injured after their clothing became entangled with operating machinery. The company failed, as an employer, to prohibit the worker from wearing loose clothing around a source of entanglement, as required by section 83(2) of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1660 – Heat Up Your Safety Game: Tips to Keep Cool in the Summer Sun
Report by Anna Shoultz
(Anna Shoultz is an excellent free lance writer)
From the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2023)
With warmer weather arriving across Canada, we’ll soon be in the thick of summer heat. That means employers, and workers, need to prepare to avoid heat-related illnesses in the workplace.