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St. Marys Cement and supervisor fined for not ensuring worker saves face Featured
Written by Anthony Capkun Wednesday, 08 May 2013May 8, 2013 - St. Marys Cement Inc. has been fined $75,000 and a supervisor fined $3000 for violations of Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Industrial Scientific opens global distribution centre near company HQ
Written by Anthony Capkun Monday, 29 April 2013April 29, 2013 - Industrial Scientific, the global player in gas detection as a service, says operations went live earlier this year at its newly leased, 19,500-sf global distribution centre near Pittsburgh, Pa.
Manitoba aims to be among safest places to work in North America
Written by Anthony Capkun Monday, 29 April 2013April 29, 2013 - Manitoba says it now has a new strategic action plan to prevent workplace injury and illness, and to better ensure every worker makes it home safely at the end of the day.
BC Safety Authority - Key regulatory equipment considerations Featured
Written by Rob Colman Sunday, 28 April 2013On Friday, April 19th, Doug Bramley of the BC Safety Authority gave an overview of the considerations that any manufacturing facility should be aware of with respect to regulatory compliance and OH&S at Black & McDonald’s new Vancouver facility.
April 28 is National Day of Mourning - reminder from CCOHS
Written by PEM Staff Wednesday, 24 April 2013The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is reminding employees and employers that April 28 is the National Day of Mourning in Canada. This day is set aside to honour those workers across the country whose lives have been lost, or affected by workplace injuries, disabilities or disease.
Thermo Fisher Scientific launches NextGuard X-ray detection system
Written by Rob Colman Monday, 22 April 2013Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a world leader in serving science, announced an affordable, easy-to-use X-ray detection platform, designed to enable food processors to meet the global demand for more thorough inspection for product contamination.
CSA Group announces new Occupational Health And Safety training standard for business
Written by Rob Colman Monday, 22 April 2013CSA Group, a leading developer of Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) standards and training officially announces the launch of its Z1001 - Occupational Health and Safety Training standard to provide consistent quality occupational health and safety training for workers, managers, and supervisors, as well as for health and safety committees and representatives.
Your feedback needed on Emergency Preparedness Standard
Written by Anthony Capkun Thursday, 18 April 2013April 18, 2013 - Currently in development, CSA Z246.2 “Emergency Preparedness & Response for Petroleum & Natural Gas Industry Systems” provides requirements for developing a program enabling petroleum and natural gas industry operators to prepare for and respond to emergencies.




