Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By Jean Lian
An inquest into the death of a 72-year-old builder on a construction site in Saint John has yielded several recommendations aimed at enhancing safety.
Blog Post #314 – Chemicals Can Compound Potential For Hearing Loss
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
By: Trisha Richards
It’s not a stretch to say most people understand that exposure to excessive noise can damage hearing, but do they know chemicals can cause or exacerbate hearing loss?
Blog Post #313 – Aecon Construction Group Inc. Fined $225,000 after Explosion
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Blog Post #312 – Boiler Explosion Claims Worker
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Three workers were injured, one fatally, during a boiler explosion at a heating plant in Ottawa last fall.
Paramedics were called to the plant — which services, among other federal structures, the Parliament buildings and the Supreme Court of Canada — at about 12:15 pm on October 19, says J.P. Trottier, a spokesperson for the Ottawa Paramedic Service.