The new edition of CSA Z462-12 Workplace Electrical Safety, which is based on the 2012 Canadian Electrical Code, Part I, is available. It’s been extensively updated to provide guidance on: Integrating electrical safety programs into OHS management systemsImplementing best practices for working on and around …

At a manufacturing plant, a worker was operating a vertical lathe when her hand got caught between the chuck and the tooling turret as she was lowering the chuck to load a piece into it. Her hand was seriously crushed. The manufacturer was convicted of …

The OHS laws spell out the minimum requirements employers must meet, which aren’t necessarily the best or most effective ways to approach a hazard or protect workers. That’s where voluntary standards, such as those from the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), come in. CSA standards typically …

Why officers and directors can’t bury their heads in the sand on compliance.

Workers are bound to get injured in the workplace no matter how good your OHS program is. But with any luck, they’ll only suffer minor cuts, scrapes, bumps and bruises. The OHS laws require companies to have workers trained in first aid onsite to treat …

Here are links to various resources on first aid in the workplace, including requirements for first aid providers. AB: Workplace First Aiders and Legal Requirements BC: Assigned Hazard Rating List; Recommended Minimum Levels of First Aid; Types of First Aid Attendants and Training Programs; First …

The coroner looking into three workplace deaths involving men who were working for subcontractors on road or infrastructure work released his report publicly, which included recommendations that the labour minister: Enact measures to make developers and public agencies more responsible for the safety of …

Ontario launched a four-month safety blitz to help protect new and young workers who are often vulnerable to hazards on the job. As of May 1, MOL inspectors will ensure employers are complying with OHS regulations and that young workers are: Instructed, trained and …

The WCB released its 2010 Annual Report indicating that it posted a $12.1 million surplus last year, its seventh consecutive operating surplus. Continuing reductions in the workplace injury rate were a factor in the surplus. For example, the injury rate dropped 9.3%, ending 2010 at …

The number of serious injuries in Nova Scotia workplaces is at its lowest level in 15 years, said the WCB in its 2010 annual report. Last year, 6,921 people suffered serious injury on the job—the first time that number has been below 7,000 since 1995. …