Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine – 2011
A study now under way at the University of Alberta may shed light on how the health of women in metalworking and electrical trades is affected by exposure to metal fumes and dust.
Blog Post #532 – Dismissal Not the Result of Raising Safety Concerns
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
After years of legal wrangling, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled in April, 2011, that the captain of a ferry that sank five years earlier was not terminated because he raised safety concerns.
Blog Post #531 – Setting Sites on Eye Safety
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The BC ‘Construction Safety Alliance’ in New Westminster, British Columbia has teamed with several provincial and national partners to promote vision safety and eye safety among workers throughout the province.
Blog Post #530 – CRS Specialties Inc. and Supervisor Fined $59,000 after Co-op Student Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
CRS Specialties Inc., a Welland manufacturer of rebar bending equipment, was fined $55,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a student, working there as a co-operative education placement, was injured. A further fine of $4,000 was imposed on a supervisor for a similar violation of the act during the investigation of the incident.