Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Bruce Power Inc., a nuclear power generation plant, was fined $80,000 on January 14, 2011, for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #291 – Drum Technician Crushed after Concert Stage Collapses
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
In what is becoming an all-too-common occurrence in the summer months, an outdoor concert stage in Ontario has collapsed, leaving a mess of tangled steel, one worker dead and a lot of questions for the province’s safety regulator to sift through.’
Blog Post #289 – Workers in Conditions that are Wanting
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A British Columbia reforestation company has been ordered to pay more than $232,000 after the province’s labour ministry discovered violations ranging from unpaid wages to unauthorized deductions.
Blog Post #288 – Alberta Government Erasing Farm Workers, the Alberta Federation of Labour says
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The Alberta Federation of Labour is criticizing the provincial government for no longer reporting farm fatalities. The federation says the move is an example of how ”agricultural workers are being erased in Alberta.”