Workplace Safety

Alberta’s government is requiring commercial carriers to provide driver experience records for Class 1 tractor-trailer truck drivers when they change jobs, a measure aimed at improving road safety by ensuring… …

A WorkSafeBC investigation has found inadequate supervision and failure to enforce fall protection procedures led to a worker’s death at a warehouse construction site in May 2022. The worker fell… …

WorkSafeBC received more than 900 Notice of Project submissions for tower crane operations in the first year of a new regulation that took effect Oct. 1, 2024. The regulation requires… …

Ontario’s workers’ compensation system terminates Loss of Earnings benefits for injured workers at age 65, regardless of whether they planned to continue working, according to a report released by the… …

An Alberta excavating contractor has been fined $100,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a trench collapse at a sewer line restoration site. HCL Site Services Ltd. pleaded guilty… …

The Ontario government will introduce legislation imposing a lifetime driving ban for anyone convicted of dangerous driving causing death, alongside new roadside licence suspensions and enhanced penalties for serious traffic… …

A Saskatchewan construction company has been fined $100,000 after a worker suffered serious injuries when a wall fell on their leg at a worksite in Corman Park. 3Twenty Modular pleaded… …

The National Safety Council has welcomed the U.S. Department of Transportation’s release of a new female crash test dummy design aimed at addressing higher crash injury and fatality rates among… …

Workers’ Compensation Board Nova Scotia is urging fishing crews to prioritize safety as the lobster season opens in Southwestern Nova Scotia, five years after the Chief William Saulis sank in… …