Policies and Procedures – Page 184 – HRSGroup – Providing Occupational Health and Safety Training

Blog Post #749 – Study Probes Fracking

December 19, 2022January 17, 2017 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Nova Scotia is commissioning a review on the health, social, economic and environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing.

Commonly known as “fracking”, the process involves pumping fluid or gas down a well to fracture rock below ground to access natural gas. “We have heard from Nova Scotians that they want to have their say and that review should be independent of government; we’ve listened on both counts,” Department of Energy Minister Charlie Parker said on August 28, 2013.

Blog Post #736 – Electrical Line Contact Claims Worker

December 19, 2022December 21, 2016 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

The planning of a family celebration southeast of Watford, Ontario took a tragic turn on August 1, 2013 when a large outdoor tent came into contact with a power line.

Blog Post #731 – Swing N Scaff Inc., Company Director Fined Total of $400,000 in Deaths of Four Workers

December 19, 2022December 5, 2016 by Dan

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Swing N Scaff Inc., the Ottawa-based company that supplied the swing stage platform that collapsed on December 24, 2009, resulting in the deaths of four workers and significant injuries to another, has been fined $350,000 in Old City Hall court. A company director, Patrick Deschamps, has been fined $50,000.

Blog Post #729 – Alberta Worker Fatalities Probed

December 19, 2022November 23, 2016 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Two unrelated workplace fatalities involving two outdoor workers, both of which occurred on August 9, 2013, have sparked investigations by Alberta Human Services’ occupational health and safety division.

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