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Occupational Hygiene
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Infected worker at laboratory lacked safety training
A recent report from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has revealed that a supervisor with the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg was infected by one of the diseases that he was researching in 2012 – and that…
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Library survey pinpoints biohazards, understaffing, other employee stressors
Survey is first part of study of worker safety in B.C. libraries
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Two arrested after scuffle with security at Sask. legislature
Woman, 27, bites one peace officer, sends him to hospital
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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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Ebola measures aim to protect healthcare workers
Ontario’s new measures developed with guidance from oh&s specialists
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Ontario announces increase in firefighter cancer coverage
(Canadian OH&S News) — The government of Ontario is expanding the qualifications for workers’ compensation for career firefighters. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced on April 30 that the province would add six types of cancer to the…
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Statement by Minister Leitch on North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
OTTAWA, (Canada NewsWire) — The Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of the Status of Women, today challenged all Canadians, especially employers and employees, to help prevent injuries and illnesses in the…
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Nfld. sees rise in number of occupational diseases
(Canadian OH&S News) — A new report from the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (WHSCC) of Newfoundland and Labrador has offered both good and bad news about oh&s in the province. On one hand, last year’s…
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Link between firefighting and cancer acknowledged
(Canadian OH&S News)
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Ontario hospital battling outbreak of scabies
(Canadian OH&S News)
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Unifor calls for national moratorium on fracking
(Canadian OH&S News)
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Saskatchewan asbestos registry law comes into effect
(Canadian OH&S News)
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Health facility accused of rodent, bedbug infestation
(Canadian OH&S News)
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Union, government meet to discuss asbestos concerns
(Canadian OH&S News)
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For whom the decibel tolls
Employees in the professional sports industry face a myriad of dangers: from being caught in the crossfire as pucks and balls go whizzing by, to dodging hulking athletes and being on the receiving end of unruly players and frustrated fans. But…
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Possible asbestos find grinds work to a halt
ESTEVAN (Canadian OH&S News)
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Ontario workers exposed to Agent Orange
ONTARIO (Canadian OH&S News)
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Bill proposes expansion of presumptive coverage
VAUGHAN, Ont. (Canadian OH&S News)
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Paper mill launches investigation into cancer concerns
THUNDER BAY, Ont. (Canadian OH&S News)
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Deadly Mimicry
The women working in the heart of the automotive district in southern Ontario are unlike any other autoworkers in the world.
