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| | Did you know fatigue is different from drowsiness or sleepiness? If this is news to you, check out this week's featured story, recapping a recent OHS Canada webinar featuring Mike Harnett of Solaris Fatigue Management. - Brandi Cowen, Editor |
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An energy company that runs a natural gas well north of Calgary says a roughly 24-hour fire that injured five workers has finally been snuffed out.
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Summit Wireline Inc. has pleaded guilty to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. The company was fined for contravening clause 3-6 (1) of the regulations (being an employer, fail to ensure that all work at a place of employment is sufficiently and competently supervised, resulting in a serious injury to a worker).
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Occupational health and safety officials on PEI are investigating a tractor accident that killed a longtime employee of Jasper Wyman and Sons, a family-owned company that grows wild blueberries and then freezes them for the retail market.
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Nearly half of all full-time workers in Canada report feeling fatigued at the end of a regular workday, according to a 2023 survey conducted by Research Co. As Mike Harnett, president of Solaris Fatigue Management, explained during a recent webinar hosted by OHS Canada, fatigue can impair reasoning, problem-solving, motor control and sensory perception – all things that help keep workers safe on the job. Read on to learn three questions that can help you understand fatigue in your organization, and what you can do about it.
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Washington state authorities have fined one of the world's leading paper and pulp companies nearly $650,000 after one of its employees was crushed by a packing machine earlier this year.
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Officials report a coal miner died Friday, nearly a week after being injured on the job in northern West Virginia. It was the fifth reported coal fatality of the year in West Virginia and the tenth nationally, according to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.
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As the rain from Hurricane Helene came down harder and harder, workers inside a plastics factory in rural Tennessee kept working. It wasn’t until water flooded into the parking lot and the power went out that the plant shut down and sent workers home. Several never made it.
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When people think of ergonomic or repetitive strain injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, neck and shoulder issues, and back pain tend to be the first to come to mind. But eye discomfort sustained at work is also an ergonomic injury, and it affects many workers who spend a prolonged amount of time looking at a screen.
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Adherence to a Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) framework is at the core of psychological safety success. One challenge Bill Howatt continues to observe with many organizations dipping their toes into psychological health and safety scorecards is lack of awareness about the gap between activities and evidence-based outcomes. In other words, sending employees to training does not mean anything changes.
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