Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Algoma Tubes Inc., a manufacturer of steel pipe products based in Whitehorse, Yukon, has been fined $70,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after two workers were injured.
Blog Post #534 – Welding Effects on Female Workers Studied
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 #533 – Company and Owner Fined $48,000 after Power Line Contact
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Network Site Services Inc., a sub-contracting company hired to erect street lighting, and its owner, Donald Medeiros of Cambridge, have been fined a total of $48,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act because of ‘Power Line Contact’.
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.