Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2024)
The number of workplace fatalities in Nova Scotia decreased last year, according to the latest data from the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia.
Blog Post #1607 – Workplace Injury Results in $70,000 Fine for Quebec Manufacturing Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by MTCA Inc., was seriously injured after being struck by a forklift. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed under section 11(a) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1604 – Always On: Supporting Employees’ Need (or right) to Disconnect from Work – Part 2
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2022)
Report by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Corner
This is the second article of a three-article ongoing report from the CCOHS. I felt it necessary to pass this complete article on because of the growing stress in the world today and the need to address workplace stress in general.
Daniel Beal – CHSEP Advanced
CEO of HRS Group Inc.
Blog Post #1602 – Workplace Injury Results in $60,000 Fine for Quebec Drilling Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On February 1, 2023, a worker, employed by Forages Technic-Eau Inc. / Technic-Eau Drillings Inc., of Sherbrooke, Quebec, was unloading boxes from an idling crawling carrier that was parked beside a pickup truck. The worker failed to apply the parking brake before exiting the crawling carrier. When exiting the vehicle, the worker then accidentally made contact with its control levers.