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SITUATION
A home owner hires a company to decommission the house’s oil furnace and convert the heating system to natural gas. The decommissioning company removes the furnace but leaves the oil tank in the basement and the oil fill pipe in place on the house’s exterior. …
A company claimed in ads that a device called the “Platinum Vapor Injector” ( PVI), which it sold in Canada, would increase a vehicle’s fuel efficiency by 22% or more, reduce emissions and increase the octane level of regular gasoline. The ads also suggested that …
A roundup of important new legislation, regulations, government announcements and court cases that we covered in the Environmental Compliance Insider in 2011.
Taking some simple steps, like washing your hands to stop the spread of germs and getting an annual flu shot, can help protect you from the flu.
A new and surprisingly complex Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standard may be arriving at and impacting your workplace soon. A proposed Standard has been developed, setting out optimistic goals and processes for achieving “psychological health and safety” in the workplace. Policies, procedures, hazard identification, incident …
Download the Environmental Compliance Insider’s 2011 Due Diligence Scorecard.
In February, inspectors from the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) will blitz workplaces in the construction, health care, industrial and mining sectors looking for hazards involving manual materials handling that can lead to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
Ontario, like several other jurisdictions, doesn’t directly require employers to …
SITUATION
The roof of a grocery store has a leak. As a result, a puddle forms on the floor in one of the aisles. A shopper slips in the puddle and injures her leg. So she sues the store. In preparing her lawsuit, the shopper learns …
This Index lists all articles published in the Environmental Compliance Insider from Jan. to Dec. 2011.
ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS
“Hazardous Substances: How to Comply with the TDGA Incident Reporting Requirements,” 03/11, p. 1.
“Incidents: 8 Spill Reporting Lessons,” 07/11, p. 1.
“Test Your Environmental Law I.Q.: What Should You Say When …
By Barbara Semeniuk, BSc CRSP
It’s the beginning of the new year and we all make resolutions. I have an excellent plan for keeping mine: do the things that are bad for me and more of them. So this year I intend to be more of …
