Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (December 2016)
A primary school was evacuated and closed temporarily following the discovery of asbestos in the building on November 10, 2016.
Blog Post #701 – Asbestos Found in Mine
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Chrysotile asbestos has been discovered at a shutdown nickel mine near Timmins, Ontario.
Blog Post #592 – Employer Fined for Failure to Train, Equip Worker in Asbestos Removal
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An employer who allowed a worker to remove asbestos materials without ensuring the worker was trained and had appropriate equipment has pleaded guilty in court and fined a total of $25,000.
Blog Post #312 – Boiler Explosion Claims Worker
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Three workers were injured, one fatally, during a boiler explosion at a heating plant in Ottawa last fall.
Paramedics were called to the plant — which services, among other federal structures, the Parliament buildings and the Supreme Court of Canada — at about 12:15 pm on October 19, says J.P. Trottier, a spokesperson for the Ottawa Paramedic Service.