A shipyard worker who narrowly escaped being struck by a falling steel beam has had his claim for adjustment disorder upheld, after the employer’s appeal of the award was denied… …
A brief personal stop for groceries didn’t take a British Columbia youth support worker out of the course of his employment moments before a highway crash left him injured, the… …
The National Safety Council estimates 434 people could die in motor vehicle crashes across the United States during this year’s Labour Day holiday period, a 2 per cent increase over… …
A WorkSafeBC investigation has found that a worker was seriously injured when a 544-kilogram floor plate fell from a drilling rig at a remote oil and gas wellsite in March… …
A ruptured hose released more than 16,000 pounds of carbon dioxide into a Brampton, Ont., poultry plant, critically injuring a worker and prompting a $500,000 fine against the company that… …
A helicopter pilot conducting aerial survey work near Fort Chipewyan, Alta., likely lost all outside visual references before his aircraft struck a frozen lake, killing him, according to a Transportation… …
Nearly one in four former National Football League players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy at the time of death, and the true share could be… …
A tower crane’s rigging toppled a large formwork panel and killed a worker at a British Columbia construction site, a WorkSafeBC investigation found. The September 2024 incident occurred while the… …
A worker at a British Columbia pulp mill died after an energized railing shocked him while he was operating an overhead hoist, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation. The worker was… …
The Workers Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island is calling on employers to update emergency plans now, before the Atlantic hurricane season reaches its most active stretch. The board’s Occupational… …
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