Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A vehicle operator working at a bitumen operation in northern Alberta suffered fatal injuries when his pick-up was run over by a heavy hauler dump truck that weighed 350-tonnes.
Blog Post #111 – Guidance for Aggregate Operations in B.C.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Improving worker health and safety in British Columbia’s aggregate industry has served as the driving force behind the release of a new guidebook.
The availability of “Health & Safety: A Practical Guide for Aggregate Operations” follows the death of four workers in 2007 in the aggregates industry. The accidents primarily involved gravel truck operators and quarry operations.
Blog Post #91 – Unfunded Liability Takes A Big Jump
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Legislated changes to employee benefits, along with poor investment returns, have caused the unfunded liability of Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to skyrocket more than $2 billion.
The WSIB’s annual report for 2007, released just in October, shows the liability grew from $5.997 billion in 2006 to $8.094 billion in 2007.
Bill 187, affecting the benefits for 155,000 workers, saw payments increase by 2.5 per cent; Bill 221, which ensures firefighters are compensated for work-related cancers and heart attacks, was made retroactive to 1960. Together, the moves increase benefits by $750 million.
Blog Post #70 – Molds Shut Down Bunkhouse in the Yukon
Excerpt From the OH&S Magazine — April 2010
The British Columbia operator of a remote copper-gold mine in the Yukon has shut the doors to two bunkhouse units after mold was discovered in their bathrooms.