Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015)
As part of ‘Violence Prevention Month’ in New Brunswick, a new ‘Nursing Home Violence Prevention’ toolkit was distributed in many of the provinces nursing homes in November 2015.
Blog Post #1352 – Employee Perishes in Fall
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015)
A construction employee was killed in a fall at a worksite in Montréal, when the platform in which he was standing suddenly overturned. The incident occurred on September 15, 2015 at the Champlain Bridge’s ice-control structure over the St. Lawrence River, according to the provincial police force, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)
Blog Post #1278 – Fatal Shock in Greenhouse Results in $120,000 Fine for Southwest Employer
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Great Lakes Greenhouses Inc., Leamington, Ontario, a grower of cucumbers, received a fatal electrical shock while working at a greenhouse facility. The electricity had not been properly locked out as required by law.
Blog Post #1276 – Worker Injury Results in $60,000 Fine for Mississauga Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Green Belting Industries Limited of Mississauga, Ontario, was injured when a roll of paper slid from a lifting device that should not have been used for the task.