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Post #370 – Worker Injured Removing Shoes from Power Line
Apr 15th, 2013No Comments
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
By: Jason Contant
An Alberta worker was injured when he tried to remove an article from an overhead power line and received an electrical shock.
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Post #369 – Pipeline Contractor Fined $50,000 after Fire
Apr 14th, 20133 Comments
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Robert B. Somerville Co. Limited, a King City pipeline contractor, was fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that resulted in a fire.
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Post #368 – Keeping Alert (and awake) Essential to Road Safety
Apr 13th, 2013No Comments
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Written by Dan Birch
Your eyelids feel heavy. You’re getting sleepy, very sleepy. Hope you’re not driving.
Unfortunately, for a chunk of Ontario drivers involved in vehicle collisions, sleepy they were. A report released by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and members of the Highway Safety Roundtable in February notes almost 20 per cent of all fatal vehicle accidents in the province involve fatigued drivers.
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Blog Post #364 – Fall nets Company $50,000 Fine
Mar 26th, 20131 Comment
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A construction company in Prince Edward Island — recently fined $50,000 in the death of an employee last year — has gained the dubious distinction of receiving the first conviction under the province’s new, stiffer fine schedule.
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