Ask The Expert: Should Workers Be Disciplined for a Near Miss?

Discipline workers for serious safety infractions even when nobody gets hurt

By |2019-07-31T00:00:00-07:00July 31, 2019|Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, Due Diligence, Inspection & Incident Reporting, OHS Program, TOPIC|0 Comments
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Ask The Expert: Must We Protect Exposed Live Electrical Panels from Contact?

If the hazard is foreseeable, you have a duty to prevent it.

By |2019-07-30T00:00:00-07:00July 30, 2019|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Electrical, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Ontario, TOPIC|0 Comments
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Restaurant Owner Socked with $26.6K Psychological Harassment Penalty

From the moment she began working at the restaurant, an 18-year-old employee had to put up with sexual harassment remarks?including some in front of customers and others on Facebook?and unwanted physical contact from her 45-year-old boss.

By |2024-02-07T17:52:36-08:00July 18, 2019|Emergency Preparedness, Fire & Explosives Safety, JURISDICTION, Québec, TOPIC|0 Comments
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Property Owner Not Liable for Its Contractor’s OHS Violations

Is a city liable when a road grader operated by its paving contractor strikes and kills a pedestrian as she tries to cross an intersection within a construction site that should have been fenced off?

By |2019-07-17T00:00:00-07:00July 17, 2019|Contractors, Emergency Preparedness, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Ontario, PPE, TOPIC|0 Comments
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Firing Addicted Nurse for Stealing Drugs May Be Failure to Accommodate

It wasn?t me, it was my addiction. So argued the nurse who got fired for stealing drugs from the hospital for her own use. The arbitrator didn?t buy it and found that her actions were ?voluntary.?

By |2019-07-17T00:00:00-07:00July 17, 2019|Drugs & Alcohol, Emergency Preparedness, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, Ontario, PPE, TOPIC|0 Comments
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The 10 Things Workers Must Understand before Using a Respirator

Respiratory protection training must be not simply provided but also verified for effectiveness

By |2019-07-15T00:00:00-07:00July 15, 2019|Emergency Preparedness, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, PPE, TOPIC, Training|0 Comments
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New Back Pain Caused by Old Work Injury

In 2009, a nurse suffered what was diagnosed as a soft tissue injury to the low back while trying to move a patient.

By |2019-07-13T00:00:00-07:00July 13, 2019|Emergency Preparedness, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, Nova Scotia, PPE, Return-To-Work, TOPIC|0 Comments
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Workers? Comp Doesn’t Have to Pay for Injured Worker’s New Mobile Home

A worker asked the WHSCC (as it was called back then) to pay for the mobile home he moved into after suffering a work-related ankle injury.

By |2019-07-11T00:00:00-07:00July 11, 2019|Emergency Preparedness, JURISDICTION, New Brunswick, PPE, TOPIC|0 Comments
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3 Things to Do If a Worker Refuses Treatment for a Work Injury

You can?t force workers to be treated but you must document your efforts to change their minds.

By |2019-07-09T00:00:00-07:00July 9, 2019|Back Safety, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, Emergency Preparedness, Ergonomics, First Aid, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Inspection & Incident Reporting, Joint Health & Safety Committee, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, TOPIC|0 Comments
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Brief Your CEO: How the JHSC Protects Our Company from Liability

Getting your company's officers to see the value of a robust JHSC.

By |2023-11-29T19:16:18-08:00July 7, 2019|Back Safety, Brief Your CEO, Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Due Diligence, Emergency Preparedness, Ergonomics, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Joint Health & Safety Committee, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, Ontario, PPE, Saskatchewan, TOOLS, TOPIC|0 Comments
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Compliance Cheat Sheet: OHS Records that You Must Make ?Reasonably Available? at Your Workplace

There are certain health and safety records that workers must be able to access at a moment?s notice.

By |2019-07-07T00:00:00-07:00July 7, 2019|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Confined Spaces, Emergency Preparedness, Fall Protection, First Aid, Inspection & Incident Reporting, Joint Health & Safety Committee, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, PPE, TOPIC, Transportation/ Traffic/ Driving, WHMIS, Working Alone|0 Comments
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OK to Fire Driver for Concealing Sleep Disorder and Cannabis Use

A bus driver who fell asleep at the wheel was fired for not disclosing his sleep problems and the fact he smoked pot to treat them on his pre-employment medical questionnaire.

By |2019-07-06T00:00:00-07:00July 6, 2019|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Federal, JURISDICTION, TOPIC, Transportation/ Traffic/ Driving|0 Comments
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