A heavy equipment rental company also engaged in intra-provincial road transportation, maintenance and repair of equipment as well as stevedoring. All of its activities took place within Québec. Its parent company asked the CSST for a ruling that the company’s activities related to the shipping …

Around the 20th anniversary of Westray, the United Steelworkers Canada called for increased enforcement of Bill C-45. The union plans to put together information packages on the law and meet with attorney generals in each jurisdiction. The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour advocates …

The Mental Health Commission of Canada released a new tool to protect the mental health of workers. Psychological Health and Safety: An Action Guide for Employers provides a series of steps and 24 actions accessible to all Canadian employers regardless of size, sector or location. …

The Mental Health Commission of Canada launched a mental health strategy for the country. Changing Directions, Changing Lives, the first national mental health strategy for Canada, is a plan to promote better mental health, prevent mental illness and ensure that services and supports are there …

In 1989, a worker suffered a workplace injury that resulted in the amputation of his right arm below the elbow. Although he hasn’t worked since then, for 21 years, the company kept him on as an employee, making monthly contributions to his health benefits and …

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is proposing a fitness for duty policy on drugs and alcohol use by workers. It released a discussion paper, which outlines a three-pronged approach that would require nuclear power plants to:

Establish policies to prevent, detect and remediate potential alcohol …

Transport Canada marked Rail Safety Week, which was April 30 to May 6, by reminding motorists, cyclists and pedestrians to keep three things in mind when approaching railway areas:

Always expect a train
Obey all warning signs and signals
Respect private property.

A marine OHS inspector inspected a Coast Guard vessel and observed an elevated platform that had a fall arrest system but no guardrail. So he issued a violation for the lack of guardrail, which the employer appealed. The OHS Tribunal upheld the violation. Although it …

Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) says that with fatality rates on the rise, it’s time to realize the need for change. Data from the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada shows that worker fatalities have been increasing, from 758 in 1993 to 1,014 last year—almost …

The CSA released the first edition of CSA Z1004, Workplace ergonomics – A Management and Implementation Standard. It spells out requirements and provides guidance for the systematic application of ergonomics to the development, design, use, management and improvement of work systems.