August Monthly Spotlight

Facility safety, signage, and ergonomics is the focus in August

August Monthly Spotlight

For the month of August, Canadian Occupational Safety is focusing on facility safety, signage, and ergonomics.

Here are the stories we have published this month:

WSIB overhauls Ontario first aid training with new provider badges: WSIB's Rod Cook explains why existing first aid credentials remain valid through the transition period.

Ergonomic redesign helps Edmonton steel fabricator erase recordables: Waiward Industrial credits housekeeping, lighting and Hickey bar training for its drop in shop floor injuries.

Union ties National Steel Car strike to unsafe incentive pay program: United Steelworkers Local 7135 links its piecework incentive system to three fatalities and mounting Ministry of Labour scrutiny