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Hazmat
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Pipelines safer than rail for transportation of crude, says Fraser Institute report
Think tank says rail transport 4.5 times more likely to have an accident
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Health Canada revises public info on asbestos risk
Government now acknowledges that all forms of mineral are harmful
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Oversight body to monitor environmental cleanup of N.W.T. mine
Giant Mine shut down since 2004 due to arsenic trioxide
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Wheel defect led to 2014 derailment and fire: TSB report
Damage was missed in wheel’s ultrasonic testing in 1991, safety board says
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Minister proposes amendments to dangerous-goods regulations
Changes to improve reporting requirements and make data collection more complete
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A Fractured View
A report out of the United States, which found a connection between fracking fluids and worker fatalities, should serve as a wake-up call for Canada’s burgeoning oil and gas sector. On May 19, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and…
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NEB approves pipeline project amidst protests
(Canadian OH&S News)
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Hearings held to discuss pipeline reversal proposal
(Canadian OH&S News)
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Picking up the pieces
In the immediate aftermath of an explosion at a fertilizer plant involving ammonium nitrate in West, Texas, there was no shortage of blame over what could have been done to prevent a catastrophe that left a trail of destruction in the town of…
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In the Eye
On its own, a disaster can exact a heavy toll. But single events are often exacerbated by compounding occurrences, creating a line of falling dominoes that can combine to drive human, financial and property costs higher still.
