Workplace Safety & OHS

By Stephanie Cleland, Simon Fraser University The 2023 wildfire season was Canada’s worst on record. High temperatures and widespread drought fuelled over …

An industrial painting and coating company in Alberta, Sonic Coating Solutions Inc., has been fined $350,000 following a workplace fatality that occurred …

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) and the provincial New Democratic Party (NDP) have launched a campaign — called “The Heat is …

Amico Contractors Inc., a Windsor-based construction company, has been fined $80,000 after two workers were injured in a workplace accident. The incident …

Spiritwood Stockyards (1984) Ltd. has been fined $325,000 after pleading guilty to two violations of Saskatchewan’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. …

A tragic incident at the Nutrien potash mine in Rocanville, Saskatchewan, resulted in the death of a worker, according to an announcement …

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s new measures to help foreign agricultural workers recover from an on-the-job-injury is a good move, but …

Technical Safety BC has released its 2023 State of Safety and Annual Report, pinpointing the top safety risks in British Columbia. The …

By Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford; C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW Sydney, and David Fisman, University of Toronto When a Texan farm worker …

Richvale York Block Inc., a manufacturer of concrete blocks for the construction industry, has been fined $50,000 following a workplace injury at …