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Corporate director jailed for one day, fined $10,000 for OHSA violation; he had been fined twice before

By Adrian Miedema
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Alberta government signs Memorandum of Understanding with police services setting out new procedures for investigating serious workplace incidents

By Cristina Wendel
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Workers flee during MOL investigation, roofing company fined for obstructing inspector

By Adrian Miedema
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OLRB confirms 30-day hard-stop deadline for appealing Ontario MOL inspectors’ compliance orders

By Adrian Miedema
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Is compliance with industry standards enough to establish due diligence? Alberta Court of Appeal set to consider this issue.

By Cristina Wendel
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Trial judge’s misapprehension of the evidence results in new trial for workplace fatality

By Cristina Wendel
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Having failed to obtain and review proper operating manual for machine, employer and supervisor convicted under OHSA

By Adrian Miedema
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“You’re kind of close to those wires”: excavator operator guilty of OHSA charges after hitting power line

By Adrian Miedema
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Three days in jail for owner of roofing business after trying to deceive MOL inspector

By Adrian Miedema
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Appeal of MOL compliance order adjourned while related OHSA prosecution ongoing, despite City’s objection

By Adrian Miedema
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After accepting guilty plea, prosecutor cannot reargue trial court’s decision to exclude evidence of worker’s injury when setting fine

The Ministry of Labour cannot reopen a Justice of the Peace’s decision to exclude evidence that a worker was injured, […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Safety topic was emphasized, not “buried in hundreds of power point slides”: employer establishes due diligence, not guilty in workplace fatality

A Saskatchewan employer has been found not guilty of six occupational health and safety charges after a worker died of […]

By Adrian Miedema

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