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Impala Canada and SCR Mines Technology have been fined a total of $430,000 after a worker was killed on the job in 2020. The fine comes after OHS Canada reported just this week that Impala Canada had also been fined $50,000 after a worker was injured in a fall from a scissor lift.
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Production at Cape Breton's idled Donkin coal mine can't resume until recommendations contained in a consultant's report are implemented, says the Nova Scotia Labour Department. Until the measures are adopted, the underground operation will remain under a stop work order that was put in place by the province following a rockfall in mid-July.
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The animal, having nowhere else to go, ran down the human aisle through the gate left open due to the broken latch. The worker was still standing in the human aisle and was critically injured by the charging steer.
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The COR program, promoted and regulated by CFCSA, has been recognized as the national standard for an occupational safety and health management system in Canadian construction, it said.
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Three senior female leaders at Avetta have been recognized for excellence, including director of sales Nicole Brackett who took home the bronze Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year in Canada at a ceremony in New York.
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Dräger X-plore ® 1950 is a NIOSH-approved mask and filters out 95% of particles in the ambient air. Thus, it offers protection for a wide field of applications.
- Variation: Valved and Non-valved
- Sizes: Small and Medium/Large
Key Product Features include:
- Available in two sizes which offers a comfortable option to most wearers
- SmartFOLD design with patented double reinforcement that provides increased breathing space and a sturdy mask body
- Provides a high face to mask fit ratio for various face sizes
- CoolMAX exhalation valve (optional) for low breathing resistance
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The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent 4-4 split decision in R. v. Greater Sudbury (City) [2] has affirmed the legal responsibility, and potential liability, of an owner of a construction project to comply with the legal duties of an employer as defined in Ontario’s occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation.
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“Like a duck to water.” That’s how Stephanie Benay described her first steps into the realm of workplace health and safety. More than 25 years ago, while working in the marketing department at Alberta Tourism, she got a call from a vice-president with Canadian Airlines, her former employer, with news that a new role had been created — and they wanted her to take it.
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Opioids are having a devastating impact on communities, and workplaces often find themselves on the front lines of substance abuse disorders. With this in mind, OHS Canada is partnering with Talent Canada to present a special virtual event on Opioids in the Workplace on Jan. 31, 2024.
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Create a safer work culture with Superior Glove’s free Hand Safety Program. Arrange an in-person or virtual complimentary meeting and you will learn how to:
- minimize or eliminate hand injuries
- reduce associated injury costs
- boost worker productivity
Our free Hand Safety Program addresses gaps in all safety controls, not just PPE.
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The U.S. cannabis production industry's first reported occupational asthma death took the life of a worker in Massachusetts, federal health and safety officials said. The woman, 27, was working in a cannabis cultivation and processing facility when she experienced worsening work-related respiratory symptoms that ended in a fatal asthma attack.
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A former Hawaii psychiatric hospital patient indicted Wednesday on a murder charge in the stabbing death of a nurse at the facility had pleaded guilty to a 2020 assault of a state mental health worker, court records show.
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Work has resumed at a precious metals mine in south-central Montana a day after a 24-year-old worker died in an underground machinery accident, mine officials said. Noah Dinger of Post Falls, Idaho, died just before 1:30 a.m. last Monday when he was operating a machine that bolts wire panels onto the stone walls of an underground area to prevent falling rock during future mining.
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Prioritizing a team's mental health is essential to fostering a healthy and productive work environment. Fortunately, there are many effective strategies and policies HR leaders and safety professionals can implement to create a more supportive environment.
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Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax to cocaine, drugs or counterfeit pills purchased in nonmedical settings may contain life-threatening amounts of fentanyl. Physicians like me have seen a rise in unintentional fentanyl use from people buying prescription opioids and other drugs laced, or adulterated, with fentanyl.
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