Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2022)
Canadians are well aware of the dangers of distracted driving, but that is not stopping many of them from engaging in unsafe behaviours.
Blog Post #1385 – Workplace Fatality Results in $120,000 Fine for Welland-Based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured while performing duties at a construction site in Welland, ON.
Blog Post #1381 – Migrant Worker Killed by Coronavirus on an Ontario Farm
Excerpt from the Summer 2022 Edition of the OH&S Canada magazine
Scottlynn Sweet Pac Growers in Vittoria, Ontario, plead guilty to health and safety violations after one of its workers contracted Covid-19 and died. It was fined $125,000 plus a 25% victim fine surcharge. The maximum fine the court could have imposed was $1.5 million.
Blog Post #1379 – Guideline Support Trans and Gender-Variant Inclusion
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016)
Nova Scotia has become the first Canadian province to provide official guidelines for support and inclusion of transgender and gender-variant employees in civil service.