Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Safe work procedures, employee training and use of personal protective equipment all would have helped prevent a Quebec worker’s electrocution earlier this year, provincial investigators say.
Blog Post #96 – Laurentian Valley Fined $75,000 After Worker Seriously Injured
Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
The Corporation of the Township of Laurentian Valley, carrying on business as the Ottawa Valley Waste Management Board, was fined $75,000 on May 25, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was seriously injured.
Blog Post #94 – Peninsula Alloy Inc. Fined $70,000 After Worker Seriously Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Peninsula Alloy Inc., a Stevensville foundry that manufactures metal castings, was fined $70,000 on June 19, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), after a worker was seriously injured.
Blog Post #92 – Heat Stress & the Law
The first thing every employer needs to understand is that there is, without question, a legal duty to safeguard workers against the risks of heat stress. Seven provinces/territories (BC, NB, NL, PE, QC, SK and YT) include in their OHS regulations specific measures that employers must take to protect workers against heat stress. For example, Part 7 of the B.C. OHS Regulation requires employers to:
– Limit workers’ exposure to excessive heat;
– Conduct heat stress assessments to determine workers’ risks of hazardous exposure;
– Put into place a heat stress exposure control plan; and
– Implement engineering and administrative controls.https://hrsgroup.com/blog/heat-stress-the-law/