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Sawmill Fined $254,000 for Multiple OHS Violations

A sawmill worker suffered serious injury while performing maintenance work

By |2021-09-10T16:30:00-07:00September 10, 2021|British Columbia, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Sawmill Fined $254,000 for Multiple OHS Violations

Construction Worker Has Valid Claim for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Exactly what traumatic event the worker witnessed at a windmill

By |2021-09-10T16:28:00-07:00September 10, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Employee Wellness, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Construction Worker Has Valid Claim for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Company Official Fined for Refusing OHS Investigator Interview without a Lawyer

An OHS officer investigating a workplace fatality asked to interview

By |2021-09-10T16:22:00-07:00September 10, 2021|Alberta, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Company Official Fined for Refusing OHS Investigator Interview without a Lawyer

Positive Urine + Negative Oral Swab Test Don’t Prove Marijuana Impairment

A federal arbitrator reinstated a railway worker who was fired

By |2021-09-10T15:52:00-07:00September 10, 2021|Cases & Compliance Alerts, Drugs & Alcohol, Federal, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Positive Urine + Negative Oral Swab Test Don’t Prove Marijuana Impairment

Ontario To Relax Notice Of Project Filing Rules

As in many provinces, in Ontario you can't start work

By |2021-09-09T17:11:00-07:00September 9, 2021|Articles, Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Contractors, Excavation & Trenching, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Ontario, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Ontario To Relax Notice Of Project Filing Rules

How Far Can You Go in Disciplining Workers for Distracted Driving?

Like many employers, you may have adopted safe driving policies.

By |2021-09-02T17:06:00-07:00September 2, 2021|Articles, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, Federal, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on How Far Can You Go in Disciplining Workers for Distracted Driving?

Is Fear of Heat Stress Valid Grounds for a Work Refusal?

How hot has it been' So hot that government authorities

By |2021-08-26T17:03:00-07:00August 26, 2021|Articles, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, Federal, Heat Stress, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Is Fear of Heat Stress Valid Grounds for a Work Refusal?

Employer Pays The Price When Supervisor Tells Worker To Lie About Workplace Injury

There's a kernel of truth in every clich‚, including the

By |2021-08-19T17:01:00-07:00August 19, 2021|Articles, Federal, Inspection & Incident Reporting, JURISDICTION, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Employer Pays The Price When Supervisor Tells Worker To Lie About Workplace Injury

Ontario Makes 5 Key Changes to OHS Incident Reporting Rules

All jurisdictions require employers to provide the government OHS agency

By |2021-08-12T16:59:00-07:00August 12, 2021|Articles, Inspection & Incident Reporting, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Ontario, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Ontario Makes 5 Key Changes to OHS Incident Reporting Rules

Failure to Guard Conveyor Results in Entanglement Death and $350,000 Fine

A worker clearing a conveyor system chute lost his life

By |2021-08-10T15:49:00-07:00August 10, 2021|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Cases & Compliance Alerts, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, Saskatchewan, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Failure to Guard Conveyor Results in Entanglement Death and $350,000 Fine

Failing to Follow Voluntary ANSI Standard Isn’t an OHS Violation

CNESST cited an employer for failure to provide safe equipment,

By |2024-02-07T09:53:58-08:00August 10, 2021|Cases & Compliance Alerts, Communications, Industry Challenges, JURISDICTION, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, Québec, Safety Management, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Failing to Follow Voluntary ANSI Standard Isn’t an OHS Violation

Sleeping On Duty Is Just Cause to Fire Nuclear Plant Safety Operator

A nuclear plant supervisor caught a decontamination operator tucked behind

By |2021-08-10T15:43:00-07:00August 10, 2021|Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Ontario, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Sleeping On Duty Is Just Cause to Fire Nuclear Plant Safety Operator

Construction Company Fined $175,000 for Bridge Worker’s Fatality

A 120-foot long temporary modular bridge being lowered into place

By |2021-08-10T15:32:00-07:00August 10, 2021|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, OHS Program, Ontario, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Construction Company Fined $175,000 for Bridge Worker’s Fatality

Dept. of Transportation Fined Nearly $100,000 for Fatality to Contractor’s Worker

A government agency has been hit with an $97,250 in

By |2021-08-10T15:28:00-07:00August 10, 2021|Cases & Compliance Alerts, Contractors, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, JURISDICTION, Nova Scotia, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Dept. of Transportation Fined Nearly $100,000 for Fatality to Contractor’s Worker
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