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Safety Director’s Compliance Briefing: What Is Workplace Safety Law?
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Safety Director’s Compliance Briefing: What Is Workplace Safety Law?

Airborne Hazards, Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Confined Spaces, Contractors, Due Diligence, Emergency Preparedness, Fall Protection, Federal, Fire & Explosives Safety, First Aid, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Hearing Conservation, Joint Health & Safety Committee, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, Manitoba, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, Ontario, Power Tools, PPE, Saskatchewan, TOPIC, Training, WHMIS, Workers' Compensation, Working Alone, Workplace Violence

Safety Director’s Compliance Briefing: What Is Workplace Safety Law?

The 6 elements of OHS law?and how to use them to keep your OHS program compliant.

Glossary: The Sources of Workplace Safety Law
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Glossary: The Sources of Workplace Safety Law

Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Due Diligence, Fall Protection, Federal, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, OHS Program, TOPIC

Glossary: The Sources of Workplace Safety Law

What?s the difference between a statute and a regulation, best practices and voluntary standards, etc.?

By vickyp|2019-01-04T00:00:00-08:00January 4, 2019|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Due Diligence, Fall Protection, Federal, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, OHS Program, TOPIC|0 Comments

Workers’ Compensation Covers Worker’s Alcohol Addiction but Not His Marijuana Issues
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Workers’ Compensation Covers Worker’s Alcohol Addiction but Not His Marijuana Issues

Drugs & Alcohol, Emergency Preparedness, Health & Wellness, PPE, TOPIC

Workers’ Compensation Covers Worker’s Alcohol Addiction but Not His Marijuana Issues

A worker claimed that work injuries he sustained after being crushed by a partial load of 1,800-lb. pipes transformed him from a ?young and highly functional? worker with no substance abuse issues into a marijuana and alcohol addict.

By vickyp|2026-07-28T11:07:59-07:00January 3, 2019|Drugs & Alcohol, Emergency Preparedness, Health & Wellness, PPE, TOPIC|0 Comments

Firing Worker with the Sniffles? Disability Discrimination
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Firing Worker with the Sniffles? Disability Discrimination

Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, OHS Program, TOPIC, Uncategorized

Firing Worker with the Sniffles? Disability Discrimination

A mining technician sued for disability discrimination claiming he was fired right after reporting symptoms of his illness to the onsite medic. But the Human Rights Tribunal wasn?t buying.

By vickyp|2024-03-19T14:15:18-07:00January 1, 2019|Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, OHS Program, TOPIC, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Ask The Expert: Storage Rack Inspections in Ontario
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Ask The Expert: Storage Rack Inspections in Ontario

JURISDICTION, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, Ontario, TOPIC, Training

Ask The Expert: Storage Rack Inspections in Ontario

Qualifications required to perform inspections.

By vickyp|2018-12-29T00:00:00-08:00December 29, 2018|JURISDICTION, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, Ontario, TOPIC, Training|0 Comments

Ask The Expert: When Newly Installed Equipment Poses Ergonomic Hazards
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Ask The Expert: When Newly Installed Equipment Poses Ergonomic Hazards

Back Safety, Ergonomics, Health & Wellness, OHS Leadership, TOPIC, Training

Ask The Expert: When Newly Installed Equipment Poses Ergonomic Hazards

You must at least consider using engineering controls to manage MSD hazards.

By vickyp|2018-12-29T00:00:00-08:00December 29, 2018|Back Safety, Ergonomics, Health & Wellness, OHS Leadership, TOPIC, Training|0 Comments

Arbitrator Can’t Order Company Not to Enforce Privacy-Invasive Security Policy
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Arbitrator Can’t Order Company Not to Enforce Privacy-Invasive Security Policy

Cases & Compliance Alerts, Employee Wellness, Health & Wellness, Industry Challenges, Laws & Announcements, OHS Leadership, TOOLS, TOPIC

Arbitrator Can’t Order Company Not to Enforce Privacy-Invasive Security Policy

The union cried foul when a food distribution company adopted a new security policy allowing for random searches of employees in storage areas and asked the arbitrator to issue an order to ?stay,?

By vickyp|2018-12-22T08:00:00-08:00December 22, 2018|Cases & Compliance Alerts, Employee Wellness, Health & Wellness, Industry Challenges, Laws & Announcements, OHS Leadership, TOOLS, TOPIC|0 Comments

Employer Used Due Diligence to Prevent Worker’s Fatal H2S Gas Exposure
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Employer Used Due Diligence to Prevent Worker’s Fatal H2S Gas Exposure

Due Diligence, Emergency Preparedness, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Inspection & Incident Reporting, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, PPE, Safety Management, TOPIC, Working Alone

Employer Used Due Diligence to Prevent Worker’s Fatal H2S Gas Exposure

While working alone inside an oilfield facility building, a sales rep drawing a liquid product sample is killed by a lethal release of Hydrogen Sulphide gas.

By vickyp|2018-12-22T00:00:00-08:00December 22, 2018|Due Diligence, Emergency Preparedness, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Inspection & Incident Reporting, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, PPE, Safety Management, TOPIC, Working Alone|0 Comments

Boss’s Sex Harassment, Assault = Constructive Dismissal
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Boss’s Sex Harassment, Assault = Constructive Dismissal

Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, Employee Wellness, Health & Wellness, Laws & Announcements, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC, Workplace Stress, Workplace Violence

Boss’s Sex Harassment, Assault = Constructive Dismissal

A booking agent claimed she began receiving unwanted sexual attention from her boss, the sole owner of the company, 2 weeks into her employment.

By vickyp|2018-12-20T08:00:00-08:00December 20, 2018|Cases & Compliance Alerts, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, Employee Wellness, Health & Wellness, Laws & Announcements, OHS Program, TOOLS, TOPIC, Workplace Stress, Workplace Violence|0 Comments

Paper Mill Gets 6 Months to Pay $218.75K for Air Pollution Offences
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Paper Mill Gets 6 Months to Pay $218.75K for Air Pollution Offences

Environmental, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Ontario, TOPIC

Paper Mill Gets 6 Months to Pay $218.75K for Air Pollution Offences

A Terrace Bay pulp and paper mill was fined $175K + a $43.7K

By vickyp|2018-12-20T00:00:00-08:00December 20, 2018|Environmental, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Ontario, TOPIC|0 Comments

Ask The Expert: JHSC Certification Training in Alberta
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Ask The Expert: JHSC Certification Training in Alberta

Alberta, Contractors, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Joint Health & Safety Committee, JURISDICTION, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, TOPIC, Training

Ask The Expert: JHSC Certification Training in Alberta

Don?t provide training until the govt. publishes the training criteria and approved trainers list.

By vickyp|2018-12-20T00:00:00-08:00December 20, 2018|Alberta, Contractors, Health & Safety, Health & Wellness, Joint Health & Safety Committee, JURISDICTION, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, TOPIC, Training|0 Comments

Worker Should Have Been Reinstated after Passing Independent Medical Exam
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Worker Should Have Been Reinstated after Passing Independent Medical Exam

Back Safety, Ergonomics, Health & Wellness, OHS Program, Return-To-Work, TOPIC

Worker Should Have Been Reinstated after Passing Independent Medical Exam

The union contended that a university failed to accommodate a driver who delivered medical samples and live animals in a climate-controlled truck by delaying his return to work for over a year.

By vickyp|2018-12-18T00:00:00-08:00December 18, 2018|Back Safety, Ergonomics, Health & Wellness, OHS Program, Return-To-Work, TOPIC|0 Comments

Supervisor Says Fall Protection Is Unnecessary But Board Doesn’t Buy It
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Supervisor Says Fall Protection Is Unnecessary But Board Doesn’t Buy It

Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Fall Protection, OHS Leadership, OHS Program, TOPIC, Training

Supervisor Says Fall Protection Is Unnecessary But Board Doesn’t Buy It

An OHS inspector issued a $250 administrative monetary penalty to a supervisor after observing 2 of his workers on the roof of a 2-storey building wearing safety harnesses not secured to an anchor point.