Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2016)
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is recently conducted an internal employee-engagement survey to measure staff perception of the working environment, as it continues to recover from the Jian Ghomeshi scandal that rocked the National broadcaster in late 2014.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A steel structure assembly collapsed, injuring a worker, employed by Rafat General Contracting Inc. of Bolton, Ontario, who was doing work in an existing vacant building. Rafat General Contracting provides excavation, demolition and other services to the construction industry.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers, employed by Lorik Tool & Automation Inc., of Brantford, Ontario were injured when a heavy electrical panel fell over while it was being moved. The employer failed to ensure that there was a procedure in place to prevent material from injuring workers by tipping or falling.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2016)
Ontario launched a new occupational health clinic in Ottawa on January 21, 2016. The full-service clinic will treat injured workers in Eastern Ontario and help to reduce work-related injury and disease.