Workplace Safety

By Arty Sarkisian | Nunatsiaq News Qulliq Energy Corp. is set to be sentenced under Nunavut’s Safety Act for charges related to the death of one of its electricians in 2024. “The matter… …

VelocityEHS has released an artificial intelligence-based assessment tool designed to identify hand and wrist injury risks in workers performing repetitive tasks. The Chicago-based company says the tool, called the AI… …

Manitoba’s Department of Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures has been fined $100,000 after a wildfire worker died when an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rolled over while on duty in 2022. The… …

The Ontario government has introduced legislation that would expand worker health and safety protections and harmonize safety training requirements across Canadian provinces. The Protecting Ontario’s Workers and Economic Resilience Act,… …

By Mike Stimpson | 4SNnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Local MPP Lise Vaugeois’s private member’s bill to reform the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board failed in the legislature, but a local advocate for injured… …

By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee A B.C. Supreme Court justice ordered contractor J. Cote & Son Excavating to pay $575,000 Monday after ruling the company’s criminal negligence caused the… …

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A coroner’s inquest jury has released recommendations aimed at preventing workplace deaths after hearing evidence into the deaths of two men at New Brunswick work sites in 2024. The inquest… …

Nova Scotia is updating its Air Quality Regulations to cover 26 industrial air pollutants, up from six, with the new rules taking effect June 1. The province’s Environment and Climate… …