Two Calgary construction companies were fined $168,000 each for violations of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act following a workplace incident …
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Windsor, Ont., company fined $180,000 following fatal workplace injury
Saturn Tool & Die (Windsor) Inc., an automotive parts manufacturer based in Oldcastle, Ont., has been fined $180,000 after pleading guilty in …
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What’s the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke? One’s a medical emergency
By Matthew Barton, Griffith University and Michael Todorovic, Bond University When British TV doctor Michael Mosley died last year in Greece after …
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By Andrew Bates | Telegraph Journal A $30,000 fine related to a fatal workplace incident at a construction site east of Sussex feels …
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Four Winds Construction fined $130,000 after workplace fatality on road widening project
A Concord-based construction company has been fined $130,000 after a worker was fatally injured at a road widening project in Vaughan, Ontario. …
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Manitoba employer fined $20,000 after worker injured in table saw incident
Manitoba Labour and Immigration is urging employers to ensure workplace machinery is equipped with proper safeguards after Aikens Lake Lodge Limited was …
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The Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta (WCB) has announced an increase to the claim cost threshold for no-time-lost (NTL) claims, which will …
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Hydro One, supervisor fined $262,000 after worker critically injured in Ontario
Hydro One Networks Inc. and a supervisor have been fined a combined $262,000 following a workplace incident that left a worker critically …
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Americans open to pandemic policies like masks, closures – but worry about economic, political impacts
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA new U.S. survey suggests that most Americans would back certain COVID-like containment measures if another pandemic were to emerge, even though …
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Ontario recycling company fined $175,000 after worker critically injured after falling into equipment
A Drayton, Ont., agricultural and recycling company has been fined $175,000 after a worker was critically injured in an industrial accident. Marvara …