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Lunchtime car accident a matter for WSIB, not courts, WSIAT rules

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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“Safety Engineering Letter of Opinion” dealing with OHSA obligations disallowed by court in civil lawsuit

By Adrian Miedema
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Church defeats lawsuit by volunteer after stepladder accident. Duelling OHS experts’ testimony considered

By Adrian Miedema
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Work refusal due to second-hand smoke was not properly investigated: arbitrator

By Adrian Miedema
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GHS (WHMIS 2015) online courses now available

By Adrian Miedema
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Regulation still required compliance with older ANSI standard, not updated version: Tribunal

By Adrian Miedema
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OLRB dismisses union’s “fishing expedition” in safety case: documents requested from MOL and employer were not arguably relevant

By Adrian Miedema
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Men without hardhats: where freedom of religion loses out to workplace safety

Freedom of religion and the duty to accommodate within the workplace context is a highly important issue in Québec given […]

By Virginie Dandurand
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High school machine shop teacher loses work refusal case

A machine shop teacher’s work refusal was not justified, an appeals tribunal has decided, given that the teacher had the […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Caselaw Developments
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Federal employers not required to inspect workplaces that they don’t control: court

The Federal Court has decided that federally-regulated employers are not required to conduct inspections of places not under their control […]

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

U.S. OSHA’s “severe injury” statistics broken out by industry

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has produced a “year one” impact-evaluation report on its Severe Injury Reporting Program. […]

By Adrian Miedema

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