February is Heart Month. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, heart disease and stroke kill one in three Canadians before their time—and heart disease is the #1 killer of women. (Want to know your risk of heart disease and stroke? Take this …
Verbal safety procedures aren’t good enough. Why not?
Remember playing the game “telephone” when you were a kid? One child would whisper something in the next child’s ear; that child would then pass along the message to the next child in the same manner. By the …
Many near misses go unreported, which means employers lose out on valuable opportunities to address hazards and improve their OHS programs. That’s because near misses give safety coordinators the chance to pinpoint the weaknesses in their OHS programs and make corrections to prevent future incidents.
So …
In June 2011, the Mental Health Commission of Canada announced that it was working with the Bureau de normalisation du Québec and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) to develop the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace. A draft standard …
The regulation of safety in offshore oil drilling operations is a hot topic in Canada. For example, after Shell Canada recently won a bid to conduct deepwater oil exploration off Nova Scotia, calls for a separate safety agency independent of the federal-provincial offshore regulator were …
Few activities pose greater hazards than falling in love! It all starts with a fall. Those who fall deepest in love fall hardest. When love enters your life, it takes your breath away. Not only do you lose the ability to breathe, you risk breaking …
It used to be enough to protect workers from getting physically injured on the job—but not anymore. Now, employers are also expected to protect their worker’s mental health, at least to some extent. And studies have shown a connection between mental health and chronic stress. …
One of the most contentious environmental issues in Canada these days is environmental management of the oil sands. Production from oil sands operations now are just over 1.5 million barrels per day and projected to double to around 3 million barrels per day by 2020. …
This time of year, when it’s cold and dark for much of the day, can be depressing. In extreme cases, people may develop Seasonal Affective Disorder—or SAD—a depressive disorder caused by seasonal changes in light.
More people suffer from SAD than you may think. In fact, …
Most companies know that they have to be concerned about the safety performance of their contractors. But they may not pay as much attention—if they pay any at all—to the safety records of their suppliers.When we asked if you considered a company’s workplace safety program …
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