Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015)
As part of ‘Violence Prevention Month’ in New Brunswick, a new ‘Nursing Home Violence Prevention’ toolkit was distributed in many of the provinces nursing homes in November 2015.
Blog Post #1281 – Regional Centre Fined $80,000 for Hospital Workers’ Injuries from Workplace Violence
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers, employed at the Southlake Regional Centre, were injured as a result of workplace violence exercised by a patient.
Blog Post #1278 – Fatal Shock in Greenhouse Results in $120,000 Fine for Southwest Employer
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Great Lakes Greenhouses Inc., Leamington, Ontario, a grower of cucumbers, received a fatal electrical shock while working at a greenhouse facility. The electricity had not been properly locked out as required by law.
Blog Post #1277 – Worker Struck by Exploding Cap, $70,000 Fine for City of London
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by the Corporation of the City of London, Ontario, was injured when a cap on a drain pipe shot off and struck the worker, resulting in critical injuries. The employer failed to take the reasonable precaution of ensuring that the internal pressure of the drain pipeline was released before the mechanical joint end cap was removed and/or loosened.