Category
Health & Safety
-
Mallot Creek Group Celebrates 20 years
Consulting company Mallot Creek Group is celebrating its 20th year of consulting on business development and engineering projects across Canada. “We have grown our company expertise to address the evolving industry and our founding values,” said Tito Guglielmi, Co-founder. “It…
-
Fire triggers pollution concerns at US Steel coke plant
(AP) – The second fire in six months at U.S. Steel’s massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline for nearly 16 hours Monday, prompting a health warning for residents and stern words from the region’s…
-
Safety: Make it Part of Your Plant Culture
If a survey were conducted of all plant managers, it would likely find that safety is a priority. It might also discover that most have standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place for complying with safety standards, most provide personal protective…
-
Ottawa commits $100 million toward cleaning up toxic mess at Boat Harbour
HALIFAX – The federal government has pledged to spend $100 million to help clean up the Boat Harbour effluent lagoons – long considered one of Nova Scotia’s most polluted sites. The sprawling lagoons, which are near the Pictou Landing First…
-
Cape Breton coal mine to reopen rock face where small methane fire broke out
DONKIN, N.S. – Nova Scotia’s Labour Department has lifted a stop-work order imposed on a Cape Breton coal mine after a methane fire broke out Tuesday afternoon on one rock face. Harold Carroll, the provincial Labour Department’s executive director of…
-
Norbord suspends production at northern Alberta mill due to wildfires
TORONTO – Norbord Inc. says it has temporarily suspended production as an oriented strand board mill in northern Alberta due to wildfires in the region. The company says it stopped production at the mill in High Level, Alta., to comply…
-
N.S. mine where roof collapsed allowed limited production increase
DONKIN, N.S.- Nova Scotia’s Labour Department has allowed a limited increase in production at Canada’s only operating underground coal mine after a series of roof collapses last year. Kameron Coal’s operations in Cape Breton were suspended for just under a…
-
Workers out after sheltering from fire in Saskatchewan potash mine
ALLAN, Sask. – Dozens of workers are back above ground after having to take shelter for several hours during a fire at a potash mine southeast of Saskatoon. Nutrien spokesman Will Tigley told CKOM Radio that the blaze broke out…
-
Construction accident in Alberta’s energy sector kills two workers
FOX CREEK, Alta. – A construction accident in northern Alberta has killed two workers. Source Energy Services says in a statement that the contractors died on Tuesday during work on additional storage capacity for what’s known as fracking sand at…
-
Health and Safety Top of Mind at Partners in Prevention
Being safe and healthy at work was the theme of the day at Partners in Prevention 2019 conference and trade show at the International Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The show is billed as “the largest and longest-running health and safety…
-
Education and Networking Highlight Reliable Plant 2019
Reliable Plant 2019 Conference and Exhibition brought North American maintenance and reliability professionals to the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland for keynotes, learning sessions, and exhibition. By far the largest part of the conference was the learning sessions, which allowed…
-
4 die after construction crane crushes cars in Seattle
SEATTLE – Four people died and three were injured when a construction crane on the new Google Seattle campus collapsed Saturday, pinning six cars underneath. One female and three males were dead by the time firefighters got to the scene,…
-
Boeing orders and deliveries tumble as Max jet is grounded
DALLAS – Boeing failed to win any orders for its 737 Max airliner in March as scrutiny of the plane increased following a second deadly crash in less than five months. Deliveries of finished Max jets also tumbled, to 11…
-
Crash prone Quebec ferry removed from service as inspection raises serious doubt
MONTREAL – A Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigator says a ferry that has been removed from service in Quebec after two recent collisions was already badly damaged before the accidents. The MV Apollo, purchased in January to replace a…
-
Food and Beverage Industry Front and Centre at Convenience U CARWACS show
The 16th annual Convenience U CARWACS show was recently held at the Toronto Congress Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The show is touted as Canada’s largest convenience, gas, and wash industry event. While the main part of the show is the…
-
Dozens left sickened by carbon monoxide leak at Newfoundland rink
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Health officials were cautioning about persisting symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure Monday, three days after 80 people were sent to hospital by a leak at a St. John’s, N.L., arena. The leak, during a hockey tournament…
-
Media report cites workplace concerns at site of Alberta plant explosion
A media report says a wood pellet plant west of Edmonton where a fire and explosion occurred this week was also the scene of a fire early last month Three people, including one with serious injuries, were sent to hospital…
-
Ship damaged by collapsed crane in Vancouver harbour now back at sea
VANCOUVER – A container ship that was trapped under a collapsed crane in Vancouver harbour is now back to sea. The Ever Summit left the Global Container Terminals Vanterm dock before 5 a.m., travelling to its next port of call…
-
Nova Scotia’s Donkin coal mine suspends work after latest ‘roof fall’
DONKIN, N.S. – Operations have been suspended at Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine after a “roof fall,” the latest in a string of incidents since last July, according to the provincial Labour Department. None of the mine’s 128 workers were…
-
Transportation Safety Board says lack of de icing at remote airports poses risk
SASKATOON – The Transportation Safety Board says people using remote, northern airports are at substantial and unnecessary risk because of a lack of proper equipment for de-icing planes. The board reached that conclusion during its investigation into the crash of…
