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I enjoyed meeting many of you at the Health and Safety Professionals Canada conference in Edmonton last week! Watch for more coverage this week as I parse my extensive notes for nuggets to share on the OHS Canada website and via social!
- Brandi Cowen, Editor
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WorkSafeBC’s preliminary average base premium rate for 2025 will remain unchanged at 1.55 per cent of employers’ assessable payroll. Subject to final approvals by WorkSafeBC’s board of directors, this will be the eighth year in a row that the average base rate has remained at this level.
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Forages Technic-Eau/Technic-Eau Drillings Inc. has been fined $60,000 after a worker was injured while unloading boxes from a carrier parked beside a pickup truck.
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A Yukon conservation group says the territory should consider rethinking its mining regulations after a spill of cyanide solution at the Eagle Gold mine last month.
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Plenty of ink and pixels have been devoted to how the increasing accessibility of artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the world of work. But in Shawn Kanungo’s opinion, the significance of AI has been under hyped.
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One of the best ways to recruit and retain young occupational health and safety talent is to recognize their appetite for development, according to Edward Debrah. He stressed that younger workers want to see progress – in their careers, in their bank accounts, and in the life experiences they accumulate off the clock.
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To harvest tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, to clip herbs, to prune and propagate succulents, people work in oppressive heat and humidity. Some wring out shirts soaked with sweat. Some contend with headaches, dizziness and nausea. Some collapse. Some hover on the brink of exhaustion, backs straining, breathing heavily. Many do so not out in farm fields, but indoors – under the roofs of greenhouses.
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Amazon’s popular Prime Day sales event has been “a major cause of injuries” for warehouse workers who pick and pack customer orders at the e-commerce giant's facilities across the United States, according to a report released Tuesday by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks.
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Workplace mental harm may not be permanent but could impact an employee’s judgment or behaviour. It can be likened to an injured ankle that is sprained, not broken, but still impairs walking. The person can continue walking with treatment and support while the ankle heals. Employers must understand that an employee feeling overwhelmed by unrealistic expectations can lead to psychological injury, which prevents them from performing their daily functions and compromises their effectiveness.
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