Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Three workers were operating a mixer that makes sausages. As they were emptying the contents into two-wheeled bins at the outfeed to clean the mixer, one worker reached into the discharge hole, seriously injuring themselves. The accident occurred at the JBS Ontario Foods Inc. plant on Jamieson Bone Rd. Belleville, Ontario. JBS Ontario Foods Inc. is based in Calgary, Alberta.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by L.Z. Refrigeration Inc. was fatally injured at the workplace while operating an Elevating Work Platform (EWP). Yuqin Liu failed as a supervisor to ensure that a worker worked in a manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. They also failed to provide the worker with oral and written instructions or training on the operation of an EWP which includes instructions with respect to the owner’s manual.
Original Report by Theo Heineman
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine – (Sept 2021)
Statistics provided by the Mental Health Commission of Canada show that one in five Canadians experience a mental health problem or illness each year, with stress and trauma cited as the primary causes. This is equivalent to 500,000 employees unable to work every week.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2021)
Original Report from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
PART THREE
Canada’s legalization of cannabis in 2018 sparked a national conversation on substance use and the stigmas surrounding addiction.