Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (February 2017)
The Regina Provincial Court ordered on equipment operator to pay restitution and serve a conditional sentence on December 20, 2016, after he pleaded guilty to defrauding the Saskatchewan Workers Compensation Board (WCB) of about $80,000.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a dump truck in a work zone near a TTC bus stop. D & A Road Services Inc. failed to ensure that measures and procedures under section 65 of Ontario regulation 213/91, which requires a fence to be constructed between the public walkway and the project were carried out in the workplace.
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.