OH&S Archives - constructconnect.com 新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023's construction news Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:12:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png OH&S Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Advocacy initiative aims to strengthen protection for roadside workers /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/advocacy-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-protection-for-roadside-workers /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/advocacy-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-protection-for-roadside-workers#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:04:44 +0000 /?p=392938 A new advocacy initiative by the Ontario Road Builders鈥欌 Association (ORBA) is aiming to provide more protection for the workers building, repairing and maintaining the province鈥檚 roads. Earlier this month members of ORBA and LiUNA met with Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria and Minister of Labour David Piccini. 鈥淭he purpose of the meeting was to […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/advocacy-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-protection-for-roadside-workers/feed 0 Construction鈥檚 role in World Suicide Prevention Day /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/constructions-role-in-world-suicide-prevention-day /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/constructions-role-in-world-suicide-prevention-day#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:13:17 +0000 /?p=392599 First launched in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention, World Suicide Prevention Day is held each year on Sept. 10 and corresponds with suicide prevention week and month. It鈥檚 been designated as a way of focusing attention on the problems of suicide worldwide. In 新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023 alone, an estimated 4,000 people take their own […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/constructions-role-in-world-suicide-prevention-day/feed 0 Employers worry WorkSafeBC accident fund is running low /joc/news/associations/2024/09/employers-worry-worksafebc-accident-fund-is-running-low /joc/news/associations/2024/09/employers-worry-worksafebc-accident-fund-is-running-low#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2024 05:00:11 +0000 /?p=392610 Some B.C. employers believe the WorkSafeBC accident fund is run down and needs to change its diet. WorkSafeBC has an accident fund to provide for all present and future payments for injuries in the current year as well as those from previous years. 鈥淭he accident fund is depleting as we speak,鈥 says Dr. Dave Baspaly, […]

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]]> /joc/news/associations/2024/09/employers-worry-worksafebc-accident-fund-is-running-low/feed 0 New Conestoga College research labs strive to enhance worker safety /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/new-conestoga-college-research-labs-strive-to-enhance-worker-safety /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/new-conestoga-college-research-labs-strive-to-enhance-worker-safety#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2024 08:08:30 +0000 /?p=392509 Two new research labs at Conestoga College are equipped to help researchers identify solutions to reduce workplace injuries and create safer, more sustainable, productive and inclusive workplaces.聽 The Canadian Institute for Safety, Wellness and Performance (CISWP) at Conestoga College鈥檚 Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Cambridge, Ont. recently announced the launch of the labs. […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/new-conestoga-college-research-labs-strive-to-enhance-worker-safety/feed 0 Some cool thinking needed after Vancouver wood-frame construction site fire /joc/news/ohs/2024/09/some-cool-thinking-needed-after-vancouver-wood-frame-construction-site-fire /joc/news/ohs/2024/09/some-cool-thinking-needed-after-vancouver-wood-frame-construction-site-fire#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:00:22 +0000 /?p=392483 On Aug. 6, a fire broke out at a six-storey wood-frame rental apartment building under construction on West 41st Avenue near Dunbar Street in Vancouver. In addition to totally destroying the building, the blaze ignited nine smaller fires on nearby properties, and toppled an onsite construction crane. The crane fell across busy West 41st Avenue, […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/09/some-cool-thinking-needed-after-vancouver-wood-frame-construction-site-fire/feed 1 Crane contacts work platform at Bruce jobsite, no injuries /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/crane-contacts-work-platform-at-bruce-jobsite-no-injuries /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/crane-contacts-work-platform-at-bruce-jobsite-no-injuries#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:08:00 +0000 /?p=392479 TIVERTON, ONT. – Bruce Power has confirmed there was a workplace incident on Sept. 6 involving a crane. Bruce鈥檚 corporate affairs department stated the mishap involved a crane that made contact with a work platform. Work was stopped and no injuries occurred. 鈥淥ur team demonstrated the right behaviours and immediately stopped work and placed all […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/crane-contacts-work-platform-at-bruce-jobsite-no-injuries/feed 0 Flush toilets coming Oct. 1 for B.C. construction sites /joc/news/ohs/2024/09/flush-toilets-coming-oct-1-for-b-c-construction-sites /joc/news/ohs/2024/09/flush-toilets-coming-oct-1-for-b-c-construction-sites#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:49:33 +0000 /?p=392468 VICTORIA 鈥 British Columbia construction workers will soon have access to flush toilets on worksites. Changes to the province鈥檚 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation will make it mandatory for sites with 25 or more workers to provide flush toilets, hand-washing facilities and clean washrooms. The changes to the regulation come into effect Oct. 1, a […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/09/flush-toilets-coming-oct-1-for-b-c-construction-sites/feed 0 Ottawa company fined $55,000 for worker injury /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/ottawa-company-fined-55000-for-worker-injury /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/ottawa-company-fined-55000-for-worker-injury#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:00:54 +0000 /?p=392161 OTTAWA – Claridge Homes Inc. was fined $55,000 after a worker was injured by a swinging peri box that was rigged to a tower crane.聽 The incident occurred Oct. 25, 2022 at a highrise construction project at 1707 Carling Ave. in Ottawa. The conviction was announced July 18 following a guilty plea in the Provincial […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/ottawa-company-fined-55000-for-worker-injury/feed 0 Windsor construction companies convicted in wall collapse mishap /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/windsor-construction-companies-convicted-in-wall-collapse-mishap /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/windsor-construction-companies-convicted-in-wall-collapse-mishap#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000 /?p=392185 WINDSOR, ONT. – Two Windsor, Ont.-based construction companies have been fined after two workers were injured when a section of an unbraced masonry block wall collapsed on a worksite. Fortis Construction Group Inc., a general contracting company, was fined $85,000 by Justice of the Peace Susan Hoffman on Nov. 6, 2023 and Vito Masonry Ltd., […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/windsor-construction-companies-convicted-in-wall-collapse-mishap/feed 0 The Grenfell fire inquiry has ended with a damning report. So now what? /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/the-grenfell-fire-inquiry-has-ended-with-a-damning-report-so-now-what /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/the-grenfell-fire-inquiry-has-ended-with-a-damning-report-so-now-what#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:28:40 +0000 /?p=392129 LONDON – Now that an independent inquiry has completed its investigation into Britain鈥檚聽deadliest residential fire聽since World War II, survivors and bereaved relatives are demanding that criminal charges be brought against those responsible for the 2017 blaze that killed 72 people. The Grenfell Tower inquiry released its聽final report聽on Wednesday, a 1,700-page document that detailed how the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/the-grenfell-fire-inquiry-has-ended-with-a-damning-report-so-now-what/feed 0 B.C. mining project ordered to shut down unauthorized work camp /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/b-c-mining-project-ordered-to-shut-down-unauthorized-work-camp /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/b-c-mining-project-ordered-to-shut-down-unauthorized-work-camp#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 05:00:55 +0000 /?p=391731 VANDERHOOF, B.C. 鈥 The province of British Columbia鈥檚 Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has issued an order for a B.C. mining company to shut down an unauthorized work camp. The order was issued to BW Gold Ltd. on July 31 for its Blackwater Gold project located 110 kilometres south of Vanderhoof, B.C. An on-site inspection on […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/b-c-mining-project-ordered-to-shut-down-unauthorized-work-camp/feed 0 Town of Kindersley fined $175,000 for worker fatality /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/town-of-kindersley-fined-175000-for-worker-fatality /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/town-of-kindersley-fined-175000-for-worker-fatality#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 05:00:41 +0000 /?p=391476 KINDERSLEY, SASK. 鈥 The Town of Kindersley, Sask. pleaded guilty on Aug. 13 in Kindersley Provincial Court to one violation of聽the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. The charges stemmed from聽a worksite incident that occurred on Aug. 30, 2022, when a worker was fatally injured when entering a sewer manhole. The town was charged with […]

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