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The Spring 2024 issue of OHS Canada is packed with great content, including:

  • Wake up call: Key indicators of opioid abuse and how to respond to an overdose.
  • In the news: Urgent action needed to improve safety of new commercial truck drivers; Saskatchewan reports lowest workplace injury rate in history; new safety officers at Manitoba hospitals aimed at reducing workplace violence; and more.
  • Legal View: Workplace safety improvements can be achieved via deferred prosecution agreements. Read Norm Keith's take.
  • Safety Leadership: In an era of rapid change, Canadian businesses need qualified OHS practitioners more than ever before. Read Lisa McGuire's take.
  • From the courts: Supervisor and company convicted after Alberta worker struck and killed.
  • Confined catastrophes: Considerations for conducting a safe rescue from a confined space.
  • CCOHS Corner: Workplaces need to understand the potential ergonomic, physical, and psychosocial risks and hazards of AI, and how to overcome them.
  • Quarterly Check-In: Q&A with Andrea Holbeche on DEI and accessibility in apprenticeship programs.
  • Resilient responders: How psychosocial factors shield first responders from mental harm. Read Bill Howatt's take.
  • Time Out: The bizarre side of workplaces, including the unusual locations two California workers converted into unauthorized residences, and the paw-sitively adorable new recruits roaming an airport in Istanbul.