Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017)
A new three-year agreement between a long-term care centre and United Steelworkers (USW) local 1-207, now allows employees of the Rivercrest Care Centre in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, to take paid time off for legal, medical and therapeutic reasons if they are domestic-violence victims.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured when they were caught between a reversing truck and a trailer. Logixx Security Inc. failed to take the reasonable precaution of ensuring that a worker wore high visibility apparel when working in a trailer storage yard outside their vehicle.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A workplace fatality, occurred on June 14, 2021, when a large flywheel from a motor suddenly became disconnected from a hub and struck a worker. Western Mechanical Electrical Millwright Services Ltd. (the Company) failed as an employer to comply with section 45(a) of Regulation 851/90, the Regulation for Industrial Establishments.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A driver, employed by Global Metal Sources Co. Ltd., was fatally injured when the box from an adjacent 45-foot dump trailer fell on their trailer cab as the box was being lifted. The company had failed to ensure the dump trailer was maintained in good condition.