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Blog Post #1360 – Fatality Prompts Charges in Labrador

July 24, 2022
Dan
Canadian Health and Safety, Crane Accident, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Health and Safety, Labrador Health and Safety, Newfoundland Health and Safety, Working at Heights

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015) The Occupational Health & Safety branch Newfoundland and Labrador government is charged to companies into individuals for a worker fatality.

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 #1104 – Head Injury Kills Worker in Newfoundland

December 27, 2019
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Electrical Safety, Employer Responsibilities, Federal, Federal, Health and Safety, Lockout and Tagout, Newfoundland Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine The man has died as a result of a head injury from a scissor-lift accident at the College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville,...