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Blog Post #966 – Updated WHMIS Takes Effect in the Yukon

December 15, 2018
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Chemical Safety, Designated Substances, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Events, Federal, Federal, Health and Safety, Yukon Health and Safety, Yukon Health and Safety

OH&S Canada magazine Yukon workplaces must comply with the updated workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, (WHMIS) regulations, which apply to workplaces were hazardous materials or use, by December 1, 2018.

Blog Post #948 – Improvements Recommended for the Whitehorse Correctional Centre

November 3, 2018
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Events, Federal, Yukon Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine The final report of an independent inspection of the Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC) is yielded 40 recommendations on how to improve the debris of...

Blog Post #827 – Yukon Tire Centre Inc. and Worker Found Guilty

October 29, 2017
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Events, Federal, Federal, Health and Safety, Industrial, Lockout and Tagout, Maintenance, Yukon Health and Safety, Yukon Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine A Yukon judge has found a tire shop, a trucking company and a supervisor guilty of one workplace health and safety each, in connection...

Blog Post #678 – Fatality Spurs Charges

April 22, 2016
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Federal, Health and Safety, Machine Guarding, Yukon Health and Safety, Yukon Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine More than a dozen workplace safety charges have been laid in connection with the death of an employee of a Yukon tire company, who...