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Health & Safety
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Transition to GHS label compliance
Paint and coating formulators, distributors and end users must now ask if their chemical labels are GHS compliant – and if not, be prepared to document for OSHA their good faith efforts to become so, including an expected timeline for…
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Potentially deadly lack of machine safeguarding in metal fabricating plant
Rockford, IL – According to OSHA statistics, nearly 5,000 workers in metal fabricating plants suffer non-fatal injuries annually in the United States, or approximately 3X more than those employed in electronics or apparel manufacturing. Even with strict OSHA standards and…
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Worker crushed to death inside recycling machine in Indiana
Indianaopolis – Authorities say a maintenance worker has been crushed to death inside a machine that compresses and melts plastics at a recycling plant in Indianapolis. The Marion County coroner’s office says Michael Burris died of blunt force injuries to…
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Fabric manufacturer pleads guilty after worker caught in machine
Barrie, ON – Albarrie Canada Ltd., a company that manufactures industrial-use fabrics, pleaded guilty and was fined $40,000 after a worker was caught in a carding machine and suffered injuries. On June 24, 2014, a worker who had been with…
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Wind turbine manufacturer fined after worker critically injured
St. Catharines, ON – TSP Canada Towers Inc., a company that manufactures wind turbines and towers, pleaded guilty and was fined $75,000 after a worker was critically injured when a one-ton structural steel ring fell from a storage rack. On…
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Schneider Electric Acquires Applied Instrument Technologies
Foxboro, Mass. – Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has acquired Applied Instrument Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of online process analyzers for the hydrocarbon, petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical and steel-making industries. The acquisition adds to Schneider…
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TSSA winners of the 2016 Safety Awards
Toronto – The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), Ontario’s public safety regulator mandated by the government to enforce provincial safety rules in fuels, boilers and pressure vessels, operating engineer, elevating devices, amusement devices, ski lifts and upholstered and stuffed articles,…
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Oil emulsion spill in Alberta has covered 3 hectares
Calgary – Trilogy Energy says the pipeline leak it discovered late last week in north central Alberta has covered an area about three hectares in size with oil emulsion – about the size of five CFL fields. In an update…
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Certified machinery safety expert training
The CMSE – Certified Machinery Safety Expert – qualification program covers complex technical issues in the field of machinery safety. The next available training will be conducted in Vaughan on Nov 15 – 18, 2016, at The Monte Carlo Inn,…
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Steel producer fined after worker loses consciousness
Hamilton, ON – Steel producer ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc. was fined $60,000 after a worker was overcome by gas fumes and lost consciousness at the company’s Burlington Street East plant. On February 20, 2014, at the company’s Blast Furnace #3, a…
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Bailey Metal Processing Limited fined after worker injured by machinery
Burlington, Ont. – Bailey Metal Processing Limited was fined $50,000 this week after a worker was injured by machinery. On April 8, 2015, a worker was testing equipment at the Bailey Metal Processing establishment at 1211 Heritage Rd. in Burlington.…
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NEB to require companies to publish emergency management programs
Calgary – The National Energy Board says it plans to require companies to publish their emergency management programs by the end of March next year as part of a push for increased transparency. The regulator said Thursday that it’s accepting…
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Eyes Underground: the cutting edge technology at the heart of mine safety
Sudbury, ON – When your business relies on sending staff deep underground, safety training doesn’t stop at preventing accidents. The mining industry’s leaders know this well. It’s why mining companies big and small invest in the latest technology and training…
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Wind turbine builder fined for worker injury
Windsor, ON – CS Wind Canada Inc., a manufacturer of wind turbine towers, pleaded guilty and has been fined $60,000 after a worker was injured by moving components of a tower under construction. On November 4, 2014, a worker at…
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Mining mill fined in two incidents involving worker injuries by moving conveyor belts
Sudbury, Ont. – Mohawk Garnet Inc., operator of a mill in the City of Greater Sudbury, pleaded guilty and has been fined $75,000 after two separate incidents in which workers were injured by moving conveyor belts. On January 14, 2015,…
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Keep employees safe and productive with the right workwear and footwear
New innovations boost durability and comfort in rigorous manufacturing environments
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Revolutionary under oxygen mine rescue incident application
Susbury, ON – Focus FS, a leading provider of industrial worksite systems, announced the release of their latest software product, Shift Rescue. The announcement happened during the 10th International Mine Rescue Competition (IMRC), hosted by Workplace Safety North and Ontario Mine Rescue, taking…
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Worker injured by a falling post, company fined $50,000
Newmarket, ON – A Concord, Ontario company, Welded Tube of Canada Corporation, has been fined $50,000 after a worker was injured by a falling post. On March 5, 2014, workers at a construction project at 541 Bowes Road in Concord…
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Cleaning crew affected by carbon monoxide, employer fined
TORONTO, ON – Ground Maintenance Cleaning Contractors Inc. (GMCC Inc.), a property maintenance business, pleaded guilty and was fined $75,000 for failing to protect the health and safety of a crew of workers from exposure to carbon monoxide gas in…
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Contravention of PCB Regulations lands Hamilton-based warehouse stiff penalty
Hamilton, Ont. – A Hamilton-based warehouse, numbered company 1526806 Ontario Inc., was sentenced on July 27, 2016, in the Ontario Court of Justice and ordered to pay $70,000 after being convicted on January 12, 2016, of contravening the PCB Regulations and…
