Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
British Columbia’s high court has taken the unusual step of issuing an arrest warrant to an individual alleged to have exposed workers to asbestos and then concealing the danger by forging reports.
Blog Post #573 – Worker Pulled into Harvester
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A worker suffered crushing injuries on August 23, 2011 after being drawn into a potato harvesting machine at Hothi Farms Inc. in Delta, British Columbia.
Blog Post #572 – Curbing Domestic Violence
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
British Columbia employers will soon have access to a toolkit that offers guidance on what to do when domestic violence enters a workplace.
Blog Post #482 – Workers Allege Mistreatment
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A British Columbia work camp was shut down amid allegations of unsafe work conditions and employment standards violations.
On July 21, 2010, a group of workers publicly alleged that they had been mistreated by their employer, Khaira Enterprises Ltd., while working at the company’s silviculture camp near Golden, British Columbia, says a spokesperson for the Ministry of Labour in Victoria. “The conditions they described include a lack of proper sanitation and clean drinking water, inadequate food and shelter and unpaid wages,” the spokesperson says.