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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. While it certainly isn’t news that using a hand-held cell phone while driving is a major distraction that can cause injury or death, a new study is adding weight to the argument that hands-free cell phones still significantly distract drivers. If your workplace contacts its workers through hands-free cell phones while they are driving, you might want to re-consider this dangerous practice...
read moreNews You Can Use: Ontario Targeting Workplace Violence in Healthcare Facilities
Ontario Ministry of Labour inspectors are conducting a blitz of healthcare facilities in Canada's most populous province to ensure that workers are being adequately protected against violence and harassment.
read moreFatality Files: Worker Dies After Safety Warning Falls on Deaf Ears
A worker is warned against the dangerous practice of climbing into operating machinery to clear a blockage. He ignores the warning and dies the next day.
read moreCanada Rolls Out Voluntary Psychological Health and Safety Standard
Canada has released its first national voluntary standard designed to help workplaces improve their employees' psychological health and safety.
read moreNews You Can Use: Walmart Appealing Huge Constructive Dismissal Award
Walmart is appealing a $1.46 million constructive dismissal award to a former assistant manager in Windsor, ON, Canada. She quit her job of 10 years after being repeatedly tormented and demeaned by her store manager, often in front of other workers.
read moreAlberta Issues Record Workplace Fine
The highest occupational health and safety fine in Alberta's history, totaling $1.5 million, has been imposed on the Canadian subsidiary of a Chinese oil company after two temporary foreign workers died and five others were injured in a tank collapse incident.
read moreASSE 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.
read moreNews You Can Use: Wrong Fuel Type Brought Helicopter Down
An investigation into the emergency landing of a helicopter in Canada, with minor injuries to a pilot and passenger, showed how a lack of important training information resulted in the wrong fuel being used for that type of aircraft.
read moreWorkSafeBC Sending Mill Reports to Crown Counsel
British Columbia's workplace safety authority, WorkSafeBC, is sending information from its investigations into two fatal lumber mill explosions to Crown Counsel for examination of possible violations of the Workers' Compensation Act.
read moreDon’t Compromise Indoor Air Quality During Winter
Poor indoor air quality can be a workplace health hazard at any time, but the stakes rise during the winter months, when many employe buy dapoxetine rs try to keep heating bills from going through the roof. Indoor air quality (IAQ) issues resulting from poor ventilation are wide-ranging. Examples include the possibility of workers suffering potentially fatal carbon monoxide poisoning when fuel-powered equipment is operated in areas where windows and doors are kept shut to conserve heat during colder months; not properly maintaining...
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