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 June and July, 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.

Body of Yukon Mountie found
FEDERAL - The body of a Mountie who went missing when an RCMP river boat capsized on the Stewart River in the Yukon on July 13 has been found.

Ejection just before crash
FEDERAL - A Canadian Forces pilot avoided serious injury when he managed to eject from his CF-18 Hornet fighter jet just seconds before it crashed during a practice session for an upcoming air show in Lethbridge, Alberta.

Ottawa orders review of vans
FEDERAL - Ottawa is hoping to bolster awareness of passenger safety among school board authorities with the launch of federal review of standards applicable to 15-passenger vans.

Better safety for workers on vessels
FEDERAL - Federal requirements governing vessels are getting an update.

Entrained worker escapes injury
COQUITLAM - Rescuers retrieved a worker unharmed, two hours after he was drawn into a sand storage bin at a ready-mix concrete plant in Coquitlam, British Columbia.

Rollover claims farm worker
ABBOTSFORD - An 87-year-old worker at a hobby farm in Abbotsford, British Columbia was fatally injured when he became pinned under a tractor on July 19.

Charges urged in assaults
CRANBROOK - Separate attacks on three police officers in Cranbrook, British Columbia have spurred recommendations that assault charges be laid.

Oilfield company faces charges
EDMONTON - Calgary-based Precision Drilling Corporation faces three oh&s charges following an incident two years ago in which a worker sustained leg injuries.

Updated sharps, coal dust requirements
EDMONTON - Two new sections have been added to Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety Code.

Sour gas release brings work to a halt
MILDRED LAKE - Two workers sustained minor injuries while evacuating an oil sands operation in northern Alberta following an unplanned release of sour gas.

City fined for cave-in potential
REGINA - The City of Saskatoon was slapped with a $10,500 penalty after a routine occupational health and safety inspection revealed deficiencies.

Zero tolerance for work-related falls
REGINA - Owners of two roofing companies have been fined under Saskatchewan’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulations in connection with separate workplace inspections last year.

Officers assaulted with bear spray
SASKATOON - Two police officers sustained minor injuries when they were assaulted with bear spray on June 14.

Advice on safe knife use
WINNIPEG - Safe Manitoba advises young workers that there is always a right way to do things - and that includes on-the-job use of cutting tools like knives and box cutters.

Firefighter hurt in recycling blaze
WINDSOR - A firefighter received minor injuries during a blaze at a plastics recycling facility in Windsor, Ontario.

Propane blast burns roofer
LONDON - An Ontario manufacturer of elevators and escalators received a $90,000 fine in mid-July for one violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Unsafe movement spurs penalties
NIAGARA FALLS - An Ontario company and one of its employees were issued penalties in July for numerous breaches of the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Hopper gate not secured
KITCHENER - An Ontario aggregates company, Tri City Materials Ltd., has been fined following an incident two years ago in which a worker was injured when the chute gate of a hopper came down on his leg.

Worker crushed under grinder
BRAMPTON - A $110,000 fine has been levied against a Toronto company in connection with the death of a worker.

Fine levied after fingers amputated
NORTH BAY - Grocery store operator Metro Ontario Inc. received a $100,000 fine in July following the injury of a worker more than a year earlier.

Funding to upgrade communications
HAUTE-ABOUJAGANE - The Government of New Brunswick is providing $150,000 in funding to the Haute-Aboujagane Fire Department to finalize installation of specialized communications equipment.

Guards keep lid on disturbance
HALIFAX - Staff at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth avoided injury during an overnight disturbance and lockdown at the provincial jail.

Board invites feedback on merger
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia would like stakeholders to provide their input on the provincial plan to merge a number of employment-related boards and tribunals into a single entity this year.