| St. Catharines Petitions for Welland Canal Workers Memorial |
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A local St. Catharines, Ontario newspaper is seeking signatures for their online petition to build a Welland Canal Workers Memorial. MORE  |
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| Mandatory Health & Safety Training: Is your workplace in compliance? |
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Mandatory Health & Safety Training:
Is your workplace in compliance?
Register now for WHSC scheduled community training and save 10 %
Ontario health and safety law places extensive duties on employers to train workers and other workplace parties.
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| Work-related injuries, illnesses and death are alarmingly underreported |
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To make the case for prevention many will cite compensation statistics as they observe the Day of Mourning on April 28. However, it is important to remember these statistics represent only a fraction of the actual number of workers hurt on the job in any given year. Thousands of injuries, illnesses and deaths go unreported by employers, supervisors or workers even though reporting is mandated by law. MORE |
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| A Day of Mourning Message from Dave Killham, Executive Director, WHSC |
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Our movement for change
Train for it. Work for it.
“Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living.” On April 28, International Day of Mourning, this slogan will echo worldwide as workers, their families, and friends gather to remember those who have been killed, suffer disease or been injured as a result of work. Like many, I will remember much-loved faces behind the often-quoted statistics. MORE |
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| New MOL Document Highlights Employer Obligations Relating to Patient Handling and Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders |
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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most prevalent injury among health care workers. And many of these disorders are suffered by workers who lift, transfer and reposition patients. MORE |
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