Web-Exclusive News
As part of our efforts to provide loyal visitors to www.ohcanada.com with news and views they can use, OHS CANADA offers web-exclusive news. These articles are posted eight times a year to coincide with the release of each print edition of the magazine. As is the case with OHS CANADA, web-exclusive items reflect recent oh&s happenings throughout the country. The articles below, from September and October of 2009, are current as of the time of writing and many are based on stories that first appeared in our sister publication, CANADIAN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS.
Probe points to training shortcomings
FEDERAL — A deadly plane crash almost three years ago has federal investigators calling for mandatory crew resource management training (CRM) for all flight operators.
Unscrupulous employers blacklisted
FEDERAL — The federal government is proposing new rules meant to protect temporary foreign workers and seasonal agricultural workers.
New aviation protections take flight
FEDERAL — Ottawa is set to amend occupational health and safety requirements for federally regulated employers in the aviation sector.
Dates set for van crash inquest
ABOTTSFORD — The deaths of three farm workers in a collision near Abbotsford, British Columbia in 2007 will be the subject of a coroner's inquest.
Passenger stabs cab driver
VANCOUVER — A cab driver was stabbed in the neck on the morning of October 14 when he stopped his vehicle to let out a passenger.
Innovation earns companies honours
RICHMOND — The winners of the WorkSafeBC-sponsored Workplace Health and Safety Innovation Awards were announced in October.
Province tips hat to top performers
EDMONTON — Almost 700 employers in Alberta were recognized in September as "Best Safety Performers" by the province and its Occupational Health and Safety Council, Alberta Employment and Immigration.
WCB proposes dropping rate
REGINA — Saskatchewan employers may be seeing lower premiums in the coming year if a Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) proposal gets the green light.
Motorist runs over officer, suspect
WINNIPEG — An officer with the Winnipeg Police Service received treatment in hospital after he and a suspect were run over on September 28.
Manitoba seeking rural oh&s voices
WINNIPEG — The MFL Occupational Health Centre Inc. is looking for workplaces in rural Manitoba to take part and provide their views.
Sniffing out the fakes
LONDON — The RCMP's detachment in London, Ontario is moving forward with a sweep for counterfeit merchandise throughout various nearby communities.
Builder fined in critical injury
MORRISBURG — An Ontario manufacturer of wood pallets and containers received a $55,000 fine in September following the critical injury of a worker in early 2008.
City fined $50,000 in worker's injury
ORILLIA — The failure of the City of Orillia to ensure a hand-hold was securely attached to a wall has resulted in the Ontario municipality being fined $50,000.
No injury, but three fines levied
OTTAWA — A constructor, an excavating company and a form work business have all been fined for safety violations in connection with separate incidents at an Ottawa construction site two years ago.
Worker seriously injured in fall
OTTAWA — A Quebec company that manufactures and installs windows and other glass and aluminum designs was fined $65,000 in September following a work-related accident in Ottawa.
Construction worker's death reviewed
FREDERICTON — The death of a 72-year-old man who died in a construction-related accident was to be the subject of a New Brunswick inquest in November, 2009.
Young workers focus of tour
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island’s Workers Compensation Board (WCB) concluded in late October a week-long speaking tour aimed at raising occupational health and safety awareness in young workers.
