I have finally come to a special time in my writing life, blog post #500! I would like to share with you my feelings about many of the previous articles and to notify the readership on where HRS Group Inc., and Daniel L. Beal, CHSEP, in particular, are going.
Blog Post #170 – Hospital Fined $10,000 After Workers Became Ill
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Corporation, Burlington, was fined $10,000 on December 8, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after workers became ill.
On April 30, 2008, Joseph Brant Memorial was informed that a patient who had just been admitted to the hospital had been in contact with scabies, a highly contagious skin rash caused by microscopic mites. The next day, the hospital’s infection control manager implemented a scabies surveillance protocol at the hospital. Hospital workers reported skin rashes from late May to late July 2008. During July, two workers were diagnosed with scabies and lost time from work.
Blog Post #117- CAMH Fined $70,000 After Workers Assaulted
Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), in Toronto, was fined $70,000 today for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after workers were assaulted.