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Ottawa Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» company facing $75,000 fine after workplace explosion
Ottawa Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» company facing $75,000 fine after workplace explosion
OTTAWA – Foundation, waterproofing and concrete repair company 8169195 Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» Inc., operating as Above Water, has been fined $75,000 after a worker was injured in an explosion at a private residence in 2023. According to an Ontario court bulletin, the in...
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Cement manufacturer fined $475,000 after fatality at Bowmanville plant
BOWMANVILLE, ONT. – St. Marys Cement Inc. (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³») has been fined $475,000 after...
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Underpaid workers building U.S. Consulate in Milan will split multimillion-dollar payout from U.S. firm
MILAN — The U.S. company building the new American consulate in Milan has agreed...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Why PPE needs to work for the people wearing it
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Ottawa Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» company facing $75,000 fine after workplace explosion
OTTAWA – Foundation, waterproofing and concrete repair company 8169195 Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» In...
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Cement manufacturer fined $475,000 after fatality at Bowmanville plant
BOWMANVILLE, ONT. – St. Marys Cement Inc. (Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³») has been fined $475,000 after...
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Underpaid workers building U.S. Consulate in Milan will split multimillion-dollar payout from U.S. firm
MILAN — The U.S. company building the new American consulate in Milan has agreed...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Why PPE needs to work for the people wearing it
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Canadian Association of Women in C...
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Nova Scotia Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» industry seeks input after forming ‘Respectful Workplaces Working Group’
DARTMOUTH, N.S. – The Nova Scotia Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» industry has established the Resp...
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Applications open for WSIB’s Small Business Safety Awards
TORONTO — Independently owned and operated small businesses with fewer than 50 e...
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Looking Out For Each Other: GCs launch campaign as part of Suicide Prevention Month
TORONTO – A safer industry starts with looking out for each other. This Septemb...
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Advocates call on Quebec to adapt workplaces for extreme heat
MONTREAL — A new survey shows most Quebec workers are suffering from a range of...
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Worker killed after being hit by industrial truck during roadwork
BRAMPTON, ONT. – A male worker has died after being struck by an industrial truc...
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Why finding missing workers from Nepal’s hydropower tunnels is proving to be difficult
NEW DELHI — Rescuers in Nepal have been combing through dark, debris-filled tunn...
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VIDEO: Platform holding workers swings uncontrollably as wicked storm rips through Toronto
TORONTO – A video circulating across various social media channels appears to sh...
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WorkSafeBC: Before you ask a bot, ask your boss
Where do British Columbia’s 28,000 young Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» workers go for workplace s...
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‘Tragedy Forgotten: Dresden 1957’ exhibit brings history back to Chatham-Kent and beyond
CHATHAM, ONT. – This August, Tragedy Forgotten: Dresden 1957 is coming to Chatha...
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New research affirms Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» workers disproportionately affected by opioid deaths
TORONTO — Researchers hope a new report examining the occupations of people who...
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Ontario advancing harmonized national health and safety standards for Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» workers
There’s no time for a summer lull for Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) policy ad...
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Home Hardware Stores Limited fined $75,000 after worker injured in fall
ST. JACOBS, ONT. – Retailer Home Hardware Stores Limited of St. Jacobs, Ont. has...
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Fires from coast to coast: A look at the wildfire situation across the country
Wildfires are burning in several provinces, forcing thousands of people from the...
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‘Each day, I still wonder why’: Construction Death Review sparks fresh calls for safety action
This is the third and final article pertaining to the latest Constructio...
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Ontario outdoor workers stay home, others mask up amid wildfire smoke
TORONTO — Outdoor workers are donning masks, taking breaks or staying home altog...
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‘It is still all very vivid’: Family voices and fatal patterns outlined in second Ontario Construction Death Review
This is the second of three articles pertaining to the latest Constructi...
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STEP contractors significantly safer than industry average, ABC report finds
For decades, the U.S. Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» industry has measured safety performance larg...
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Second Construction Death Review finds worker experience, manufacturer instruction misuse as areas of ‘significant concern’
This Daily Commercial News overview is the first in upcoming, in-depth, coverage...
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OGCA lays out Type 2 hard hat requirements and how to prepare
TORONTO – Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Develop...
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Cobourg roofing company fined $100,000 after worker injured
COBOURG, ONT. – Moffat Bros. Roofing Ltd. of Cobourg, Ont. has been fined $100,0...
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2026 Ontario mine rescue competition winners unveiled after tackling a difficult scenario
SUDBURY, ONT. — Ontario’s mine rescue competition season ended earlier this mont...
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WSIB announces modernized First Aid Program
TORONTO — The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has launched a moderni...
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Fatality occurs in Brampton after man falls into hole
BRAMPTON, ONT. – Peel Regional Police have reported a man died Monday afternoon...
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WSN honours ground where future mine rescue training academy will rise
SUDBURY, ONT. — Workplace Safety North (WSN) and Ontario Mine Rescue (OMR) gathe...
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Roofing company and director fined $145,000 after worker injured in fall
MOUNT FOREST, ONT. — Reilly’s Roofing Ltd., a roofing contractor based in Georgi...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Why are preventable summer injuries still common in Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» sites?
Every summer, Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» sites face the same problems: heat exhaustion, fatigu...
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Hong Kong charges 7 people and 2 firms over massive fire that killed 168
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday charged seven people and two comp...
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Workplace explosion leads to $90,000 fine for Sarnia company
SARNIA, ONT. — AlumaPower Corporation of Sarnia (Aamjiwnaang First Nation), Ont....
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