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This week I had the privilege of reviewing nominations for OHS Honours. There are so many nominees doing great things in OHS – the judges have their work cut out for them!
Mark your calendars: we celebrate the winners on Sept. 26 in Toronto.
- Brandi Cowen, Editor
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New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government has introduced amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act and the Firefighters' Compensation Act that would increase wage loss benefits for all injured and sick workers from 85 to 90 per cent of net earnings.
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The Ontario government has introduced legislation aimed at strengthening the province’s commercial vehicle enforcement program. The Safer Roads and Communities Act would increase the powers of Ministry of Transportation Enforcement Officers (TEOs), allowing them to compel trucks and commercial vehicles to pull over.
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Every year, millions of workers get injured on the job and a significant number of reported occupational injuries are hand related. The good news is that hand injuries are the number one preventable industrial accident across all industries.
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Buckhorn Sand & Gravel Inc. has been fined $200,000 after one worker was fatally injured and another was critically injured while trying to free a truck lodged on a rock.
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After submitting the winning entry in a video contest, a young Baker Lake videographer can upgrade his gear and update his resumé to note he’s an award-winning filmmaker. Daniel Tapatai, 17, was named the winner of the Focus on Safety Youth Video Contest, organized by the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission, which covers Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
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Upgrade safety with the Dräger X-act® 7000, a precise, efficient, and simple-to-use multi-gas detector. Features include low ppb detection, selective testing with Dräger MicroTubes, ATEX/IECEx Zone 0 certification, IP54 dust/splash resistance, easy 3-button control, color display, and remote sampling up to 45 meters. Trust in Dräger for unparalleled protection.
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During Powerline Safety Week, Ontario's Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) was reminding people to stay cautious, and always keep people and equipment three metres back from overhead powerlines. The reminder follows a 50 per cent increase in powerline-related fatalities in the province.
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These days more employers positively impact employees’ experiences through psychological safety and inclusion practices. But when asked if more employees use psychological safety as a sword versus a shield, many employers answer “yes.”
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Superior Glove offers free, flexible onsite services for safety professionals who want a partner to reduce and eliminate hand injuries at their company
- Hand Safety Program: Address all safety controls, not only PPE, with a comprehensive hand safety overhaul
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Every year, prisoners are put to work fighting wildfires, operating heavy machinery, or working on industrial-sized farms and meat-processing plants in a labour system that largely denies them the basic rights and protections guaranteed to most American workers. Some of these prisoners are given dangerous jobs with little or no training and, as a result, are seriously injured or killed. What happens next can vary widely from state to state.
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A nearly two-week long rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa ended when authorities released a major revision of their figures and said they now believe no one else is missing. They confirmed that 33 workers died in the collapse of the five-story apartment building that was under construction in the city of George on South Africa’s south coast.
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Two miners were killed and one remains missing after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland on May 14. Twelve other miners were hurt in the cave-in some 870 meters (2,800 feet) underground in an area where 15 miners were working.
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Amazon’s self-driving robotaxi unit is being investigated by the U.S. government's highway safety agency after two of its vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists. Both crashes involved Toyota Highlander SUVs with autonomous driving technology. They happened during daytime hours, and the agency confirmed that each of the Amazon vehicles was operating in autonomous mode leading up to the crashes.
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A warming planet is intensifying occupational health and safety threats to low-wage workers across the food chain, and labour laws are failing to protect them.
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In 2019, the federal government introduced a recurring annual regulatory modernization bill covering all regulatory agencies, including energy, agriculture, transportation, health and telecommunications. The proposed legislation is currently in consultation with businesses, industry associations, academics and Canadians about key components of the bill’s latest version, which would remove some regulatory processes from parliamentary oversight.
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Hand hygiene compliance is key to maintaining a safe facility. SC Johnson Professional’s InstantFOAM™ Alcohol Hand Sanitizer kills bacteria and is effective against fungi, enveloped viruses and some non-enveloped viruses. It is the first alcohol hand sanitizer approved by Health Canada to make virucidal claims under Human-Use Antiseptic Drug requirements.
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