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 timesa year to coincide with the release of each print edition of the magazine. Asis the case with ohs canada,web-exclusive items reflect recent oh&s happenings throughout the country. The articles below, from October through December, are current as of the timeof writing and many are based on stories that first appeared in our sister publication, CANADIAN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS.

Two Mounties injured in shootout
FEDERAL — Two RCMP officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries in an exchange of gunfire during an 18-hour standoff near an Alberta village, located approximately 110 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.

Rail car inspection deficiencies noted
FEDERAL — Federal investigators have identified deficiencies regarding how equipment was attached to tank car shells, as part of an investigation into a dangerous goods derailment on February 9, 2010.

Young workers get helping hand
FEDERAL — Youth in and around Clarenville, Newfoundland who have certain hurdles to clear employment-wise can look to the Government of Canada for a little lift.

Target premium released
YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories and Nunavut Workers’ Safety & Compensation Commission has set the 2012 provisional target rate at $1.77 per $100 of assessable payroll.

Stick to flu shots: top doc
VICTORIA — When it comes to flu shots, British Columbia’s provincial health officer says he would like to see those in health care lead by example.

CEOs sign on for oh&s leadership
VANCOUVER — Twenty-three CEOs and senior executives in British Columbia have voiced their commitment to promote the highest level of occupational health and safety within their organizations.

Second pumpjack incident in weeks
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE — An oilfield worker in Alberta was pronounced dead at the scene after he became trapped under the counterweight of a pump jack on November 25, the second incident involving the mechanical oil pumps in as many weeks.

One dies in manlift tipover
EDMONTON — An Alberta worker is dead following an incident in which the manlift he was operating at an Edmonton construction site tipped over after being struck by a piece of structural steel.

Sentence seeks to bolster education
FORT MCMURRAY — Clean Harbors Energy and Industrial Services Corp. was issued a creative sentence of $85,000 in November following the serious injury of a worker almost three years earlier.

Fall prompts $22,000 in fines
NORTH BATTLEFORD — Two Saskatchewan companies received penalties totalling more than $22,000 in connection with the fall-related injury of a worker more than two years ago.

Worker suffers serious burns
SASKATOON — Jackson Sandblasting & Painting Ltd. in Saskatoon was fined $8,540 on November 9 after pleading guilty to failing to provide or maintain a work environment that ensured the health, safety and welfare of a worker.

Fine levied in electrocution
REGINA — Clint Farnham of Rock Hard Concrete Finishers received a $15,600 fine in November after being found guilty of failing to ensure all work was sufficiently and competently supervised.

Marginal decrease in 2012 rate
REGINA — Employers in Saskatchewan will see the average premium rate decrease slightly in 2012.

Kick off registration online
WINNIPEG — New employers looking to start the registration process will find access to Manitoba’s Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is now a click away.

Electrical panel still live
WINDSOR — An Ontario provider of warehousing, packaging and transportation services was fined $160,000 and a supervisor $11,000 following an incident in 2009 that left a worker with serious electrical burns.

Mill blast kills one, injures two
TERRACE BAY — A worker is dead and two others injured following an explosion at Terrace Bay Pulp Inc.’s mill in the northern Ontario community of the same name.

Truck maintenance company fined
KITCHENER — A numbered company carrying on business as Delta Truck Equipment and Phillip Hutton were fined $100,000 and $15,000, respectively, in early December following the death of a worker last year.

Worker hit by piece of concrete
TORONTO — An Ontario construction worker suffered non-life-threatening injuries in early November when a small piece of concrete hit the worker in the back of the neck.

Worker pinned by platform
ST. CATHARINES — A worker died in November, three days after being seriously injured at a General Motors plant in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Teen worker burned in blast
SAINT-AUGUSTIN-DE-DESMAURES — A 16-year-old worker suffered serious burn injuries when a drum he was cutting exploded at Environnement Sanivac’s plant in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, a suburb of Quebec City.

Flagger injured when hit by roller
MONCTON — Investigators with WorkSafeNB in Moncton are looking into circumstances surrounding a work-related incident that left a worker with serious injuries.

Funding to enhance courtroom safety
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia plans to inject $2 million into courtrooms to beef up the safety level for all occupants.

Lighting up prompts penalties
MOUNT PEARL — A business and one of its directors were fined $500 and $200, respectively, in November after pleading guilty to violations of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Smoke Free Environment Act.