An Alberta paving and road construction company, Brooks Asphalt & Aggregate Ltd., part of Smith Group Holdings Ltd., has been fined $295,000 following a workplace fatality. The ruling was handed …
Occupational Health & Safety
-
FeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Warehouse worker, fired after accident involving machine he wasn’t trained or authorized to operate, not entitled to EI benefits: Tribunal
A warehouse worker who operated a reach machine, without proper authorization or training, and was involved in an accident that caused damage is not entitled to Employment Insurance (EI) benefits …
-
Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
‘I’m just stuck in limbo’: Labrador woman says she can’t work until she gets an MRI over two years after workplace accident
By Sanuda Ranawake | The Telegraph When Courtney Colbert was knocked off of a snowmobile in Nain while at work, she didn’t expect to be waiting two-and-a half-years to find out …
-
Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Stewart family has final say on fate of WSIB appeal, caseworker says
By Richard Hutton | The Lake Report It will be up to the family of a man who was injured while working as a seasonal agricultural worker in Niagara-on-the-Lake if an appeal of …
-
Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Northern B.C. traffic control company fined over $18,000 by WorkSafeBC
By Tom Summer | Alaska Highway News SL Enterprizes Ltd. has been fined $18,450.06 by WorkSafeBC as of Dec. 13, 2023, following an inspection in Dawson Creek last fall. Two public …
-
Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace News
Deceased ship worker from Newfoundland remembered as devoted father
By Alec Bruce | Guysborough Journal The worker for Clearwater Seafood who died on the job, aboard one of its boats moored in Mulgrave earlier this month, was 36-year-old Scott Dicks from Grand …
-
Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace Legislation/Press Releases
New occupational health standards introduced in Newfoundland and Labrador
Starting today, Newfoundland and Labrador workplaces will adhere to updated occupational health and safety standards, following amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act passed last spring in the House …
-
FeaturedMental HealthOccupational Health & Safety
Casino worker who suffered electric shock injury has claims for PTSD, psychotraumatic disability denied
A 40-year-old woman who suffered an electric shock injury while plugging a cord into a power bar on the floor under a desk has had her workers’ compensation claim for …
-
Occupational Health & SafetyWorkplace Legislation/Press Releases
Worker dies following incident at the Irving Halifax Shipyard
A worker affiliated with Unifor MWF Local 1 has died following an incident at the Irving Halifax Shipyard on Feb. 19, prompting a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the …
-
Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Parks Canada underwater archaeologist reinstated after safety dispute over Franklin Expedition shipwrecks
An underwater archaeologist with Parks Canada who was involved in the exploration of the historic and infamous Franklin expedition shipwrecks HMS Erebus and HMS Terror — lost during the search …