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Blog Post #1291 – Lack of Signs Cited in Death

November 14, 2021
Dan
Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Health and Safety, Labrador Health and Safety, Newfoundland Health and Safety, Traffic Control

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (October 2014) A lack of warning signs on a St. John’s highway caused a car to hit several road workers in 2011, killing one...

Blog Post #1204 – Overloading, Weather Cited

January 1, 2021
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Federal, Federal, Health and Safety, Labrador Health and Safety, Newfoundland Health and Safety, Transportation

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine Overloading and inclement weather contributed to a fatal tugboat accident in 2013, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) concludes.

Blog Post #1117 – Worker Killed on Cheese Production Line in Trenton, Company Fined $150,000

January 18, 2020
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Federal, Federal, Health and Safety, Labrador Health and Safety, Machine Guarding, Ontario Health and Safety

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker was killed, on December 15, 2016, by a cheese-cutter machine at the Saputo’s cheese production facility at 7 Riverside Drive, Trenton,...

Blog Post #1086 – Companies Face Charges in Newfoundland

November 9, 2019
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Crane Accident, Due Diligence, Electrical Safety, Employer Responsibilities, Federal, Federal, Labrador Health and Safety, Newfoundland Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine A company In Newfoundland these charges on June 18, 2019 over an incident that saw the partial amputation of a worker's foot.