Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
Conquest Resources Ltd., a gold exploration company, was fined $130,000 today for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was killed.
Blog Post #106 – Poker Dealers were in Great Danger
November 2nd was not just another workday for dealers at 21 casinos and card rooms throughout California. It was also the first day that the gaming chips they handle for hours on end contained virtually no lead.
A new agreement among the advocacy group, Center for Environmental Health (CEH), poker chip manufacturer Gaming Partners International Corporation (GPI), and gaming operators in the state means chips supplied by GPI now contain no more than 50 parts per million (ppm) of lead. A report prepared by Caroline Cox, research director for CEH, says that, previously, “GPI used formulas for the ingredients in chips that contained as much as 470,000 ppm lead.”
Blog Post #104 – Durez Canada Company Limited And Supervisor Fined $73,000 Total After Worker Seriously Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Durez Canada Company Limited, a Toronto-based manufacturer of resins and plastics, was fined $70,000 on June 26, 2009, for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was seriously injured. A company supervisor, Pat Driver, was also fined $3,000 in relation to the case on May 1, 2009.
Blog Post #102 – The 4th of July blog – Some Female Bosses Offer Hard, Not Soft, Shoulder
By: Jason Sahlani, who is an editorial intern at Business Information Group In Toronto.
New research shows that women who work under female supervision report as much as 20 per cent more psychological and physical symptoms than their male-managed counterparts.