Workplace Safety

By Margaret McGregor, Deborah Curran, Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, Kevin Berk, and Tim K. Takaro In May, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to double the capacity of Canada’s electricity grid by… …

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has extended its Heat National Emphasis Program through April 2031, giving the agency five more years to enforce heat safety rules at worksites… …

Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB Nova Scotia) has reached its 2030 workplace safety target three and a half years ahead of schedule. The board recorded 1.15 time-loss injuries per… …

The Province of British Columbia is expanding skilled trades certification to tower and mobile crane operators, adding new training and licensing requirements for workers in the sector. Starting Monday, July… …

A Brampton recycling company and the employment agency that placed a worker at its plant have been fined a combined $265,000 after the worker died while clearing debris from an… …

The Manitoba Labour Board has dismissed a roofing company’s appeal and upheld a stop-work order issued after three workers were found on a residential roof without tying off to fall… …

A plugged heat exchanger caused a gas buildup that led to a boiler explosion inside a British Columbia shopping centre, according to an incident investigation report released by WorkSafeBC. The… …

The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia’s board of directors approved two new vocational rehabilitation policies on June 25, 2026. The policies replace a framework that had not been reviewed… …

By Brian Bossak Millions of Americans are facing dangerous heat and humidity going into the July Fourth holiday as a major heat wave spreads across large parts of the central… …