Posts Tagged As: healthandsafetytraining

Blog Post #1315 – Trench Collapse Kills Worker

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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2015)

A 55-year-old male construction worker in Edmonton has died after a sewer trench in which he was digging collapsed, burying him under a few meters of clay and dirt.

Blog Post #1314 – Plan Eyes Healthcare Violence

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2015)

The British Columbia Ministry of Health (MOH) has begun developing an action plan to address on-the-job violence against healthcare professionals, following a summit with unions and other industry stakeholders on April 7, 2015.

Blog Post #1313 – Burlington Company Fined $90,000 After Worker Injured

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Cogent Power Inc. of Burlington, a manufacturer of transmission equipment for distribution of electrical energy, was injured after becoming caught in moving machinery which had not been equipped with a guard or other device to prevent access to a pinch point, as required by law.