Features & Analysis

A Newfoundland and Labrador seafood processor has been ordered to pay $30,000 in fines after a worker’s arm was caught in a machine used to separate mussels, the Provincial Court… …

A worker at a British Columbia electrical substation suffered serious burns after an arc flash occurred while he was standing on an energized transformer, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation. The… …

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its investigation report into a December 2025 derailment of a Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (QNS&L) ore train, finding that… …

Two fish harvesters died Tuesday when their vessel sank off Brent’s Cove, N.L., prompting condolences from the province’s premier and other officials. The Canadian Coast Guard received a report of… …

An arbitrator has ruled that the Toronto Transit Commission failed to prove its safety-sensitive workforce has a drug and alcohol problem serious enough to justify randomly testing employees, after a… …

Workplace Safety North says Ontario’s forestry, paper, printing and converting sector recorded two work-related fatalities in 2025, one linked to a workplace injury and one linked to an occupational disease.… …

WorkSafeBC is urging employers in the province’s Southern Interior to protect workers from heat-related illness as hot temperatures move into the region. “Elevated temperatures increase the risk of heat stress… …

Health Canada and waste management organizations across British Columbia are warning employers and workers about a sharp rise in discarded nitrous oxide cylinders showing up in municipal garbage and recycling… …

A Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigation has found that two tractor-trailers parked too close to a rail line caused a collision with a VIA Rail passenger train in… …