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.
Winners & Losers: When Does a Company Deserve the Maximum Penalty for an OHS Violation?
The factors courts use in OHS sentencing.
Incident Response: Don’t Let Prosecutors Use Results of Your Internal Investigations to Incriminate You GalleryIncident Response: Don’t Let Prosecutors Use Results of Your Internal Investigations to Incriminate You
Back Safety, Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Emergency Preparedness, Ergonomics, Health & Wellness, Inspection & Incident Reporting, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, OHS Program, Ontario, PPE, TOPIC
Incident Response: Don’t Let Prosecutors Use Results of Your Internal Investigations to Incriminate You
Shielding incident reports from disclosure
OHS Scorecard: 5 Biggest Recent Administrative Monetary Penalties in BC GalleryOHS Scorecard: 5 Biggest Recent Administrative Monetary Penalties in BC
Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Electrical, Inspection & Incident Reporting, Machine Safety, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, Scorecards, TOPIC, Training, Workplace Violence
OHS Scorecard: 5 Biggest Recent Administrative Monetary Penalties in BC
5 Biggest Recent Administrative Monetary Penalties in BC
British Columbia: OHS Inspections GalleryBritish Columbia: OHS Inspections
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British Columbia: OHS Inspections
WorkSafeBC unveiled its High Risk strategies inspection schedule for 2019
Alberta: Special Needs Teacher Fired for Performance, Not Reporting Workplace Violence GalleryAlberta: Special Needs Teacher Fired for Performance, Not Reporting Workplace Violence
Alberta, Emergency Preparedness, Inspection & Incident Reporting, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, PPE, TOPIC, Workplace Violence
Alberta: Special Needs Teacher Fired for Performance, Not Reporting Workplace Violence
A teaching assistant hired on a probationary basis to teach students with dyslexia got repeatedly slapped around by a particular student. She claimed she got fired for reporting the incidents.
Alberta: OK to Fire Nurse for Biting a Patient
Biting an 80-year-old patient with stroke symptoms was hardly the best career move for a nurse. But the union claimed that she acted in self-defence after the patient menacingly brandished a door stop above her head.
Alberta OHS Scorecard: Major Fines Reported in Alberta Since Dec. 2018 GalleryAlberta OHS Scorecard: Major Fines Reported in Alberta Since Dec. 2018
Alberta, Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Confined Spaces, Fall Protection, Inspection & Incident Reporting, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Scorecards, TOPIC
Alberta OHS Scorecard: Major Fines Reported in Alberta Since Dec. 2018
Major Fines Reported in Alberta Since Dec. 2018
Alberta: Trucking Safety
New entry-level safety training for Class 1 and Class 2 drivers adopted in the wake of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus tragedy took effect in Alberta
Alberta: JHSC Training
Alberta finally issued the training standards and list of approved providers for required training of workplace health and safety committee co-chairs and/or health and safety representatives under Bill 30.
OK to Fire Driver for Viewing Porn on Company Computer
The truck driver?s first mistake was using the computer in the lunch room to view porn when he thought nobody was around.
OHS Compliance Briefing: Have You Prepared Your Staff for an OHS Inspection? GalleryOHS Compliance Briefing: Have You Prepared Your Staff for an OHS Inspection?
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OHS Compliance Briefing: Have You Prepared Your Staff for an OHS Inspection?
Don?t let your own workers compromise your company?s OHS inspectionÿrights
Surviving an OHS Inspection: The 5 Things You Should Never Say to an OHS Inspector
How you handle the inspection process is just as important as the condition of your workplace.
3 Strikes & You?re Out for Employer with Repeat Machine Amputation Incidents
Federal OHS inspectors ordered a grain processing facility to take measures to deal with machine hazards after a worker lost a finger in a machine incident.