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Misled by Authorities, Defendant Beats Charge: Doctrine of “Officially Induced Error” Applies

Although “officially induced error” – being misled by authorities – is a defence to many types of charges including those […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Amendments to Safety Laws
  • Safety Professionals - Practice Issues

Mandatory Training Update: Ontario’s New Worker Safety Awareness Workbook being Piloted

The Ontario Ministry of Labour is piloting its new worker safety awareness training workbook in a number of Ontario workplaces.  […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Government Safety Investigations
  • Safety - Risk Management
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Is your Bulletin Board Big Enough? Workplace Posting Requirements in Ontario

Ontario employers have a positive obligation to post a number of items on their employee bulletin boards, and a failure […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Caselaw Developments
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Assaulted by Stranger, Bus Driver Wins WSIB Benefits: He did not “Participate in a Fight”

The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has awarded workers’ compensation benefits to a bus driver who was assaulted […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Caselaw Developments
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  • Safety - Risk Management
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Antibiotic-Resistant Patients Posed Workplace Hazard: Inspector’s PPE Order Not Suspended

An Ontario Ministry of Labour inspector has ordered a sleep laboratory to provide personal protective equipment to employees because of […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Government Safety Investigations
  • Safety - Risk Management
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Ontario MOL’s 2012-13 “System Priorities”: Musculoskeletal Disorders, Falls, Machinery and Vehicles

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has released its “system priorities” for 2012-13. In its “Introduction to Safe At Work Ontario […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Safety - Risk Management
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U.S. OSHA Issues Hazard Alert Regarding Silica Exposure in Fracking Operations

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (“NIOSH”) have issued […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Safety - Risk Management
  • Safety Professionals - Practice Issues

Preventing Heat Stress In The Workplace

As many places in Canada are sweltering under a summer heat wave, employers should assess the risk of heat exposure […]

By Blair McCreadie
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No Duty to Train Medical Manager on Ladder Use: Not Part of His Job, Says Ontario Court

An Ontario court has held that an employer had no duty to provide safety training to a medical manager on […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Caselaw Developments
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Dismissal for Shovel Threat Void where Employer also Relied on Outdated Discipline

An Ontario labour arbitrator has reinstated a dismissed employee after the employer improperly relied on previous discipline and also failed […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Safety - Risk Management
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The Heat is Definitely On

Southern Ontario’s summer is off to a scorching start. With temperatures expected to top 36 degrees today and the humidex […]

By Andy Pushalik
  • Caselaw Developments
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Union Must Put Safety Issue to MOL Inspector First: OLRB

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has refused to permit a teachers’ union to expand a safety appeal to several schools where […]

By Adrian Miedema

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