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March 12, 2019
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Railway accidents increased seven per cent in 2018 but fatalities fell: TSB report

OTTAWA - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the number of railway accidents increased by seven per cent last year including those involving dangerous goods, but there were fewer fatalities.


Fall, collision with vehicle, claim two lives at separate Alberta worksites

Occupational Health and Safety in Alberta is investigating separate fatal workplace accidents that occurred on the same day.


Small plane crash lands on frozen lake in eastern Manitoba, minor injuries

LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS, Man. - People were treated for minor injuries after a small plane crash-landed on ice short of the runway near a fly-in community northeast of Winnipeg.
 
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An increase in reported inmate-on-staff violence in Ontario’s correctional institutions has led to the release of a report by the province’s independent corrections adviser in December 2018, offering 42 recommendations aimed at making jails safer. But correctional violence is not unique to Ontario — it is a nationwide problem. » Read More
 
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Injured cement-plant worker dies en route to hospital

A worker is dead after an accident at a Calgary cement plant. » Read More

Privacy commissioner finds doctors snooped in Humboldt Broncos patient records

REGINA – Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner has found eight people inappropriately gained access to the electronic health records of 10 Humboldt Broncos team members involved in a bus crash last April. » Read More

 
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You can change the cartridge position ... without changing the cartridge

Newmarket ON (Jan 21, 2019) – 2019 Claudio Dente, President of Dentec Safety Specialists, is happy to announce the latest developments in cartridge respirator’s convenience and efficiency. » Read More