How to Comply with New Ontario OHS Incident Reporting Requirements

Be sure the incident reports you submit to the MOL

Face Mask Refuser Loses Her Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

A car dealer asked a customer to leave because she

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Workers Comp Doesn’t Bar Harassed Worker’s Constructive Dismissal Lawsuit

Workers comp bars lawsuits against employers for work-related injuries; in

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Company Had the Right Safety Policy but Didn’t Make Workers Aware of It

An elevator company had a safety policy banning workers from

By |2021-10-12T16:10:00-07:00October 12, 2021|Buildings, Equipment And Vehicles, Cases & Compliance Alerts, Emergency Preparedness, JURISDICTION, Machine Safety, Ontario, Power Tools, PPE, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Company Had the Right Safety Policy but Didn’t Make Workers Aware of It

Texting at Service Stop Is Just Cause to Fire Driver with Disciplinary History

Sending a text message on her cell phone while her

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Mine Rockfall Results in 2 Injuries and $110,000 Fine

Two gypsum mine workers were seriously injured when a ledge

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Failure to Cooperate Dooms Worker’s Face Mask Work Refusal

An aircraft engineer sought a medical exemption from the company's

By |2021-09-10T17:07:00-07:00September 10, 2021|Cases & Compliance Alerts, COVID-19, Discipline/Work Refusals/Reprisals, Health & Wellness, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Ontario, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Failure to Cooperate Dooms Worker’s Face Mask Work Refusal

Employer Must Pay $150K for Supervisor’s Attempt to Falsify Injury Report

A worker with no safety training accepted a co-worker's dare

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Nuclear Plants Can’t Do Random Drug Testing Until Privacy Issues Are Resolved

After 10 years of study, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

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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

Ontario Makes 5 Key Changes to OHS Incident Reporting Rules

All jurisdictions require employers to provide the government OHS agency

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

A nuclear plant supervisor caught a decontamination operator tucked behind

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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

Why Hiring Constructors May No Longer Get Ontario Site Owners Off The Liability Hook

Compliance gets complicated at construction projects and other sites where

By |2021-07-22T16:51:00-07:00July 22, 2021|Articles, Contractors, JURISDICTION, OHS Program, Ontario, TOOLS, TOPIC|Comments Off on Why Hiring Constructors May No Longer Get Ontario Site Owners Off The Liability Hook
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