Ask The Expert: What First Aid Training Must Confined Space Rescue Attendants Have?

Training requirements for confined space rescue vary by jurisdiction.

Ask The Expert: Can an Owner’s Relative Be the Workplace Health & Safety Representative?

Yes under the letter of the law; no under the spirit.

Can You Ask Workers about their Allergies for Emergency Response Planning? – Ask The Expert

Yes, as long as you ask the right way.

Ladder Fall Victim Can’t Prove Employer Was Negligent

A driver delivering a heavy truck to a truck dealer fell off the 8-foot stepladder the dealer gave him to use while at the site. Workers? comp bans injured workers from suing their employer for negligence.

By |2019-04-20T00:00:00-07:00April 20, 2019|Emergency Preparedness, PPE, TOPIC|0 Comments

Canada: A Pragmatic Approach To Climate Risk

Investors are increasingly pushing for more detailed disclosure on climate change-related issues. According to the Wall Street Journal, companies are expected to face 75 climate-related shareholder proposals this AGM season.

Worker Claims Machine Is Too Dangerous to Use but OHS Inspector Disagrees

An assistant press operator at a wet-process hardboard mill manufacturing plant filed a formal safety complaint contending that a 25-year-old lift platform was dangerously defective and should be taken out of service.

Firing for Alcohol Violation without Asking about Dependency = Discrimination

This case is about a social welfare worker serving in a distant, isolated rural community of the Northwest Territories where alcohol was banned who got fired from her probationary job after the RCMP confiscated a package directed to her containing beer, wine and hard liquor.

Not Discrimination to Deny Safety-Sensitive Job to Legal Medical Marijuana User

After one successful stint, a veteran and reliable construction worker was rehired to work on another project provided that he pass a drug test. Before taking the test, he revealed that he legally vaped about 1.5 grams of medical marijuana

Casual Employee Fired for Complaining of Work Harassment

A casual employee contended that it was no coincidence that she stopped getting work assignments and eventually lost her job after filing ?respectful workplace? complaints against her co-workers.

By |2019-04-11T00:00:00-07:00April 11, 2019|Emergency Preparedness, JURISDICTION, Manitoba, PPE, TOPIC|0 Comments

Winners & Losers: When Does a Company Deserve the Maximum Penalty for an OHS Violation?

The factors courts use in OHS sentencing.

Employer Doesn’t Deserve Maximum OHS Fine for Double Fatality

Two BC quarry workers were killed when their truck flipped over while speeding down a sleep slope at high speed.

Incident Response: Don’t Let Prosecutors Use Results of Your Internal Investigations to Incriminate You

Shielding incident reports from disclosure

British Columbia: OHS Inspections

WorkSafeBC unveiled its High Risk strategies inspection schedule for 2019

OHS Scorecard: 5 Biggest Recent Administrative Monetary Penalties in BC

5 Biggest Recent Administrative Monetary Penalties in BC

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