Study Says Drivers’ Hands-free Cell Phone Use Isn’t ‘Brain-Free’

If your workplace contacts drivers on the road via hands-free cell phones and you believe doing so isn’t unsafe, a new study might change your mind.

News You Can Use: Ontario Targeting Workplace Violence in Healthcare Facilities

In Canada, one-third of all incidents of workplace violence occur in healthcare and social service settings, according to a Statistics Canada report.

Fatality Files: Worker Dies After Safety Warning Falls on Deaf Ears

Perhaps the most devastating kind of workplace fatality is one where a worker, through a lack of training or knowledge, commits an unsafe act and dies.

Canada Rolls Out Voluntary Psychological Health and Safety Standard

Canada recently released its first national standard designed to help organizations and their employees improve workplace psychological health and safety.

News You Can Use: Walmart Appealing Huge Constructive Dismissal Award

Walmart has filed an appeal with the Ontario Court of Appeal after a former Walmart supervisor who quit after being bullied and harassed by a store manager and another employee was awarded $1.46 million in damages by a jury in Windsor, ON.

Alberta Issues Record Workplace Fine

A record occupational health and safety fine of

$1.5 million has been levied in Alberta, in the aftermath of a double fatality involving workers from China.

ASSE Releases Revised Fall Protection Standard

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has released a revised ANSI/ASSE A10.32 Standard covering Personal Fall Protection for Use in Construction and Demolition Operations.

News You Can Use: Wrong Fuel Type Brought Helicopter Down

The outcome could have been a lot worse for a helicopter pilot and a passenger when the wrong fuel caused a helicopter to make an emergency landing. The two received minor injuries and were taken to hospital while the helicopter received substantial damage.

WorkSafeBC Sending Mill Reports to Crown Counsel

British Columbia’s workplace safety authority, WorkSafeBC, says it has completed its investigation into two fatal lumber mill fires and explosions and is passing the information on to Crown Counsel

for further consideration.