Safety Professionals – Practice Issues
OLRB confirms 30-day hard-stop deadline for appealing Ontario MOL inspectors’ compliance orders
“Safety Engineering Letter of Opinion” dealing with OHSA obligations disallowed by court in civil lawsuit
Church defeats lawsuit by volunteer after stepladder accident. Duelling OHS experts’ testimony considered
Work refusal due to second-hand smoke was not properly investigated: arbitrator
GHS (WHMIS 2015) online courses now available
Regulation still required compliance with older ANSI standard, not updated version: Tribunal
OLRB dismisses union’s “fishing expedition” in safety case: documents requested from MOL and employer were not arguably relevant
Men without hardhats: where freedom of religion loses out to workplace safety
Freedom of religion and the duty to accommodate within the workplace context is a highly important issue in Québec given […]
High school machine shop teacher loses work refusal case
A machine shop teacher’s work refusal was not justified, an appeals tribunal has decided, given that the teacher had the […]
Federal employers not required to inspect workplaces that they don’t control: court
The Federal Court has decided that federally-regulated employers are not required to conduct inspections of places not under their control […]
U.S. OSHA’s “severe injury” statistics broken out by industry
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has produced a “year one” impact-evaluation report on its Severe Injury Reporting Program. […]