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Hazmat
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Businesses, homes evacuated after accidental gas leak at construction site
Pipeline fixed, power restored within a few hours
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Nuclear Safety Commission investigating alleged dangers in unsigned letter
Anonymous specialists claim safety info withheld
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Gas tank explodes at recycling plant, but no one injured
Acetylene tank made contact with shearing machine
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Defence Department employees moving to building with asbestos
DND says Gatineau building poses no health and safety risks
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Unions support bill on registry for occupational disease
Amendment to Labour Code passed first reading on June 14
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ONA blasts Guelph hospital for alleged inattention to safety
Union files grievance against healthcare facility
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Building housing ministry offices evacuated due to possible asbestos
Pipe tests positive for asbestos in Regina building
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Federal construction projects using material with asbestos: unions
Government claims non-friable asbestos cement is safe
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NEB oversight of pipeline safety still needs improvement: audit
Environment commissioner makes six recommendations
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Poor track conditions led to Alberta derailments in 2014
TSB report says laterally shifting track derailed one train
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Ammonia leak kills contract worker at Alberta nitrogen plant
Second worker injured, later released from hospital
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Explosion kills 19-year-old welder at worksite in Saskatchewan
Teen worker was opening barrel with torch
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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)