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 #1384 – Workplace Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Stratford Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by FIO Automotive Canada Corporation (FIO), suffered a critical injury at the workplace when a 1,500-pund feed bar was knocked out of its support cradle and struck the worker who was operating the crane. FIO contravened a section of the ‘Industrial Regulations’ by failing to ensure that a feed bar that may tip or fall and endanger any worker was secured against tipping or falling.
Blog Post #1382 – Workplace Injury Results in $25,000 Fine for Guelph Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Trouw Nutrition suffered an injury at the workplace due to a lift truck accident. Trouw Nutrition failed to notify an inspector immediately of the occurrence of a critical injury, as required.
Blog Post #1376 – Union Calls for Abuse Law
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016)
Following Manitoba’s recent adoption of legislation allowing paid and unpaid time off work with guaranteed job security for victims of domestic abuse, the New Brunswick Union (NBU) – the association for the province’s civil servants and government employees – is lobbying for the province to enact a similar law.