Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Twenty-nine charges have been laid against two companies and four individuals after three workers were killed at a British Columbia mushroom farm in 2008.
Blog Post #464 – Concerns Over The Right to Refuse
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (September 2010)
FEDERAL — The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is panning legislative amendments that it has said will “seriously undermine the right of federal workers to refuse dangerous work.”
Blog Post #462 – Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Fined $200,000 after Workers Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Maple Leaf Foods Inc., a Toronto producer of frozen and prepared foods, was fined $200,000 for two violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after workers were injured in two separate incidents.
Blog Post #458 – Falling Worker Escapes Harm
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A window washer cleaning a Toronto building was saved by his fall arrest system after an equipment malfunction caused him to drop almost 20 storeys.