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		<title>Employer Fired Technician for Business Reasons—Not Because of Concussion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A radio technician suffered a concussion in a non-work related incident. Six days before he was supposed to return to work, he was fired. He claimed disability discrimination. The employer said that it fired him due to lack of work. The Human Rights Tribunal ruled ...]]></description>
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		<title>Reprisal Based on Reporting Assault to Police Not a Human Rights Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A black worker reported an assault by a co-worker to the police after the employer took no action. She claimed that the employer then starting treating her differently, such as harassing her, accusing her of not wearing safety shoes and reassigning her modified duties (she’d ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel Fined $70,000 for Worker’s Burns in Electrical Incident</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A maintenance worker at a hotel tried to remove a fuse in a 600-volt electric panel with metal pliers when there was an explosion. He suffered first, second and third degree burns. The hotel pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the worker didn’t use ...]]></description>
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		<title>$65,000 Fine Imposed on Drilling Company for Electric Shock Incident</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A company drilling at a construction project was using a boom truck to lift and move materials. A worker helping to place an auger being moved by the boom truck was holding the chains attaching the auger to the boom truck’s hook when the truck ...]]></description>
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		<title>Feb. 3: Results of Recent Blitzes Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MOL released the results of recent inspection blitzes, including the number of inspections conducted and orders issued as well as the most common violations: Infection prevention and controlPPE in the industrial and healthcare sectorsTower cranes.]]></description>
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		<title>Feb. 2: Tool Available for Compliance with Hours of Work Requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Hours of Work and Overtime Tool will help employers to confirm and comply with specific rules concerning employee hours of work. It will also let them determine compliance for a range of standards, such as daily rest, overtime, averaging and rest between shifts. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Employer Gets Limited Access to Worker’s Health Records in Discrimination Case</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/disabilities/employer-gets-limited-access-to-workers-health-records-in-discrimination-case</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A worker accused her employer of disability discrimination. The employer asked the court for permission to access, use and disclose the worker’s health files to respond to the allegations. The Human Rights Tribunal explained that a party requesting production of information must show that this ...]]></description>
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		<title>Convictions of Engineer &amp; Company for Bridge Collapse Overturned on Appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A company that provided the design plans and structural components for a support structure holding up a bridge during its construction and the engineer who created these plans were convicted of OHS violations after the bridge collapsed, seriously injuring several workers. But the appeals court ...]]></description>
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		<title>OK to Send Worker Who Smelled of Alcohol Home but Not to Fire Him</title>
		<link>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/discipline/ok-to-send-worker-who-smelled-of-alcohol-home-but-not-to-fire-him</link>
		<comments>http://ohsinsider.com/search-by-index/discipline/ok-to-send-worker-who-smelled-of-alcohol-home-but-not-to-fire-him#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two supervisors smelled alcohol on a worker’s breath when he came to work. The worker claimed that he’d had his last beer 11 hours before starting work. But the employer fired him. The arbitrator concluded that the supervisors had reasonable grounds to believe the worker ...]]></description>
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		<title>Milk Company Fined $100,000 for Worker’s Burns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin L. Barton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A worker for a milk company was checking that a pipe system had been properly cleaned using hot water. While taking apart one of the valves, he was suddenly sprayed by hot water, receiving first and second degree burns. An MOL investigation found that there ...]]></description>
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