Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The Town of New Glasgow in Nova Scotia must pay $25,000 and various other penalties following a trench collapse two years ago that claimed the life of a worker.
Blog Post #291 – Drum Technician Crushed after Concert Stage Collapses
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
In what is becoming an all-too-common occurrence in the summer months, an outdoor concert stage in Ontario has collapsed, leaving a mess of tangled steel, one worker dead and a lot of questions for the province’s safety regulator to sift through.’
Blog Post #290 – The Westray Conundrum
Westray won an award as Canada’s safest mine barely a month before it sent 26 men to their deaths. Six years later, with the release of the report of the Westray Inquiry, a baffling and disturbing picture emerges that should make every health and safety professional think long and hard about how safety systems fail.
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Dean Jobb
Blog Post #289 – Workers in Conditions that are Wanting
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.