Posts Tagged As: Safety Engineering

Blog Post #1733 – Declaration Aims for Safer, Healthier Work Around the World

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Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Fall 2025)

A landmark founding declaration to advance safer, healthier, more sustainable workplaces worldwide has been signed as part of Expo 2025 in Osaka-Kansai, Japan.

The declaration launched the World Assembly of Occupational Safety, Health, and Well-being Professionals and Stakeholders, a network that will collaborate on commitments promoting safety and well-being, driving global collaboration, empowering future leaders, and creating a roadmap of concrete actions between now and 2030.

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Blog Post #1729 – Workplace Violence Injury Results in $55,000 fine for Vancouver-based Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Richmond Street Warehouse Restaurant Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, a chain of restaurants and bars, was injured during an incident of workplace violence. The company failed to develop, maintain and implement a workplace violence policy compliant with Section 32.0.2(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1727 – Workplace Injury Results in $90,000 Fine for Hamilton-based Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by National Steel Car Limited of Hamilton, Ontario, a railcar manufacturing company, was critically injured operating machinery that was not equipped with a guard or other device that prevents access to a pinch point, a violation of section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 (Regulation for Industrial Establishments), contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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