Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2016)
A vehicle accident that killed a 33-year-old worker at a Yukon mining operation on June01, 2016, has spurred investigations by OH&S authorities, the RCMP and the Yukon Coroner’s office.
Blog Post #1380 – Health Authority Charged
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016)
An investigation by OH&S officials from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has led to charges against the Eastern Regional Health Authority or Eastern Health, one of its supervisors and two employees.
Blog Post #1377 – Workplace Fatality Results in $60,000 Fine for Braeside Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker performing work for ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. suffered a fatality resulting from the use of a bucket truck. ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. failed, as a constructor, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by O. Reg. 213/91, made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, were carried out at the project.
Blog Post #1376 – Union Calls for Abuse Law
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016)
Following Manitoba’s recent adoption of legislation allowing paid and unpaid time off work with guaranteed job security for victims of domestic abuse, the New Brunswick Union (NBU) – the association for the province’s civil servants and government employees – is lobbying for the province to enact a similar law.