Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
By: Jason Contant
The doors to a health clinic in Norman Wells, Northwest Territories were again fully opened one week after a mercury spill resulted in a partial shut-down.
Post #348 – Curtain Wall Assembler Fined $50,000 after Worker Seriously Injured and For Safety Violations
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Zimmcor (1993) Inc., a Concord, Ont., company that assembles curtain walls, was fined $50,000 on May 16, 2011, after a worker was seriously injured and for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Post #347 – Worker Buried when Earth Wall Collapses Dies
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The collapse of an earth wall, measuring 15 metres high and 18 metres wide, recently claimed the life of a dump truck driver at a construction site.
Randolph James Williams, a 47-year-old employee of Steph Trucking, was sitting in the cab of his dump truck at about 3:30 pm on February 14, 2008 when an earth pile crumbled onto the vehicle.
Blog Post #342 – Settlement for Harassed, Intimidated Workers in Nova Scotia
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A group of employees at a Nova Scotia tissue bank have been awarded $10,000 after they were found to have been intimidated and harassed on the job.