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A company building a major factory for electric vehicle batteries in Quebec says incendiary devices were found last week at its construction site east of Montreal, in what is the latest act of alleged vandalism against the project.
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Health Canada's decision to allow British Columbia to again prohibit the use of illicit drugs in most public spaces will cause more deaths, the executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users says.
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Every year, millions of workers get injured on the job and a significant number of reported occupational injuries are hand related. The good news is that hand injuries are the number one preventable industrial accident across all industries.
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Almost one year ago, a privately registered float-equipped aircraft was involved in a devastating and fatal crash on its way to a cabin 60 nautical miles northwest of Tofino/Long Beach Airport. On May 8, 2024, Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its investigative report to determine what occurred in the fatal incident.
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The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit last week, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers' safety concerns about treating dangerous patients.
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On May 17, 2024, amendments to the occupational health and safety provisions of The Saskatchewan Employment Act will come into force requiring all provincially regulated workplaces to have a violence policy and prevention plan in place.
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WCB Nova Scotia is reporting an improvement in the workplace injury rate — with the figure dropping from 1.54 injuries per 100 covered workers in 2022 to 1.40 last year. This number has been steadily declining for decades, it said, and the injury rate is half of what it was in 2003.
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The City of Prince Alberta has been fined $95,000 after it pled guilty in a Saskatchewan Court to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. The municipality was fined for contravening subsection 9-2 (2) (being an employer fail to ensure that workers use a fall protection system at a temporary or permanent work area if a worker may fall three metres or more or there is a possibility of injury if a worker falls less than three metres, resulting in the serious injury of a worker).
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A commercial truck driver who was acquitted of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire testified at a hearing Wednesday on his request to reinstate his suspended license, while a lawyer for the state said he still played a role in the 2019 crash.
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Hope was fading last week for 44 construction workers buried for days in the rubble of a building that collapsed in South Africa, with authorities saying rescuers are now faced with the challenge of moving thousands of tons of concrete with heavy machinery to see if there are any more survivors.
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Workplaces are increasingly recognizing that productive employees actively seek out workplaces that prioritize mental well-being and offer flexible working conditions.This recognition is well-founded, as employees tend to be more productive when they are not burdened by mental health challenges.
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Organizations are recognizing that they can play a role in improving the mental health of their employees. And a majority of Canadians would like their employers to address mental health in the workplace, since ignoring the problem leads to a toxic workplace affecting both productivity and the overall workplace culture.
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Hand hygiene compliance is key to maintaining a safe facility. SC Johnson Professional’s InstantFOAM™ Alcohol Hand Sanitizer kills bacteria and is effective against fungi, enveloped viruses and some non-enveloped viruses. It is the first alcohol hand sanitizer approved by Health Canada to make virucidal claims under Human-Use Antiseptic Drug requirements.
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