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.

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.

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.

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.

CA Government Department Admits Guilt in Fatal Boiler Blast

A federal agency in Canada has pleaded guilty to three occupational health and safety charges relating to a boiler explosion that killed one worker and injured three others in October 2009.

Explosives and Cigarettes Lead to Sky-High Award

Non-smokers often don’t like riding in company vehicles with smokers, but one worker had a real problem with a smoking co-worker—he was lighting up in a

vehicle used to transport explosives.

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