OH&S Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:31:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png OH&S Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Biden administration proposes rule for workplaces to address excessive heat /dcn/news/usa/2024/07/biden-administration-proposes-rule-for-workplaces-to-address-excessive-heat /dcn/news/usa/2024/07/biden-administration-proposes-rule-for-workplaces-to-address-excessive-heat#respond Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:31:11 +0000 /?p=369079 WASHINGTON – The Biden administration proposed a new rule Tuesday to address excessive heat in the workplace, as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories due to blistering temperatures. If finalized, the measure would protect an estimated 36 million U.S. workers from injuries related to heat exposure on the job […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2024/07/biden-administration-proposes-rule-for-workplaces-to-address-excessive-heat/feed 0 Locator charged for violation under Environmental Protection Act /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/locator-charged-for-violation-under-environmental-protection-act /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/locator-charged-for-violation-under-environmental-protection-act#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:05:02 +0000 /?p=368799 TORONTO — Jan Sapper has been charged $5,000 for one violation under the Environmental Protection Act, after causing the discharge of a contaminant that caused, or was likely to cause, an adverse effect. The offence took place during the period beginning on or about June 21, 2021 and ending on or about June 22, 2021. […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/locator-charged-for-violation-under-environmental-protection-act/feed 0 Mikey Network president: Defibrillators should be at all construction sites /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/mikey-network-president-defibrillators-should-be-at-all-construction-sites /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/mikey-network-president-defibrillators-should-be-at-all-construction-sites#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 08:54:21 +0000 /?p=368877 TORONTO – The Mikey Network’s mission is to place defibrillators in high-risk public places so that those affected by sudden cardiac arrest can have a second chance at life and the construction site should be no exception. “We want to have another chapter. We want Mikey’s to be at construction sites,” Eva Naumovski, president of the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/mikey-network-president-defibrillators-should-be-at-all-construction-sites/feed 0 Key to AED safety onsite: ‘You have to master the mystery through repetition’ /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/key-to-aed-safety-onsite-you-have-to-master-the-mystery-through-repetition /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/key-to-aed-safety-onsite-you-have-to-master-the-mystery-through-repetition#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 08:19:32 +0000 /?p=368880 When it comes to learning how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), like any other health and safety training on or off-site, repetition is key, said a safety trainer during a recent webinar. “Whether I’m teaching fall rescue, confined space rescue or using an AED, you have to master the mystery through repetition,” said […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/key-to-aed-safety-onsite-you-have-to-master-the-mystery-through-repetition/feed 0 Your top DCN headlines: June 24 to 28 /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/06/your-top-dcn-headlines-june-24-to-28 /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/06/your-top-dcn-headlines-june-24-to-28#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 07:55:22 +0000 /?p=368808 Your top DCN headlines this week feature news tunnelling work is complete on a portion of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension; after news of the Ontario Science Centre’s abrupt closing, the province is looking for a smaller temporary home; Toronto workers were recently rescued from a swing stage after several cables snapped; and Ontario is […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/06/your-top-dcn-headlines-june-24-to-28/feed 0 Calgary construction company, supervisor fined over $540,000 for fatality /joc/news/ohs/2024/06/calgary-construction-company-supervisor-fined-over-540000-for-fatality /joc/news/ohs/2024/06/calgary-construction-company-supervisor-fined-over-540000-for-fatality#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:30:39 +0000 /?p=368653 CALGARY – Calgary-based construction company Volker Stevin Contracting Ltd. and supervisor Michael O’Neill will be fined a total of $546,000 in relation to a workplace fatality that occurred in 2019. Each party was convicted of two counts under occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation in the Calgary Court of Justice on April 11 and were […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/06/calgary-construction-company-supervisor-fined-over-540000-for-fatality/feed 0 Toronto workers rescued from swing stage after cables snap /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/toronto-workers-rescued-from-swing-stage-after-cables-snap /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/toronto-workers-rescued-from-swing-stage-after-cables-snap#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2024 21:08:41 +0000 /?p=368660 TORONTO – There were some tense moments outside a downtown Toronto hotel this afternoon as two workers got stuck after some of the cables snapped on the swing stage they were working on.  The incident took place just before 1 p.m. at the St. Regis Hotel, located 325 Bay St., near Bay and Adelaide streets […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/06/toronto-workers-rescued-from-swing-stage-after-cables-snap/feed 0 Trestle bridge fire in Richmond, B.C. leads to air quality bulletin /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/06/trestle-bridge-fire-in-richmond-b-c-leads-to-air-quality-bulletin /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/06/trestle-bridge-fire-in-richmond-b-c-leads-to-air-quality-bulletin#respond Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:53:27 +0000 /?p=368360 RICHMOND, B.C. – Metro Vancouver Regional District has issued an Air Quality Bulletin after a large industrial fire broke out near River Rock Casino in Richmond. Richmond Fire-Rescue says crews have extinguished the warehouse portion of the fire and are working to extinguish the trestle bridge that runs across the North arm of the Fraser River near […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/06/trestle-bridge-fire-in-richmond-b-c-leads-to-air-quality-bulletin/feed 0 UPDATE: New WorkSafeBC recommendations to ‘address gaps in crane safety’ /joc/news/ohs/2024/06/new-worksafebc-recommendations-to-address-gaps-in-crane-safety /joc/news/ohs/2024/06/new-worksafebc-recommendations-to-address-gaps-in-crane-safety#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:09:30 +0000 /?p=368053 RICHMOND, B.C. – WorkSafeBC says the risks associated with crane use in B.C. are rising as more and more projects get underway, and as such new recommendations have been released in the hopes of keeping sites safe. In July 2021, a tower crane collapse in Kelowna, B.C. took five lives and several related incidents happened […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/06/new-worksafebc-recommendations-to-address-gaps-in-crane-safety/feed 0 Another crane-swing case hoists up to B.C. Supreme Court /joc/news/government/2024/06/another-crane-swing-case-hoists-up-to-b-c-supreme-court /joc/news/government/2024/06/another-crane-swing-case-hoists-up-to-b-c-supreme-court#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:15:47 +0000 /?p=367698 A crane-swing case filed for hearing in B.C. Supreme Court (BCSC) is underscoring the importance for developers to have their air-space agreements in place as well as underpinning agreements before conflicts arise. “It looks bad when the first communications (with the neighbours) is after the crane is there,” said Vancouver lawyer David Martin, a partner […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2024/06/another-crane-swing-case-hoists-up-to-b-c-supreme-court/feed 0 Your top JOC headlines: June 10 to 14 /joc/news/ohs/2024/06/your-top-joc-headlines-june-10-to-14 /joc/news/ohs/2024/06/your-top-joc-headlines-june-10-to-14#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:55:32 +0000 /?p=367668 Your top JOC headlines this week feature news several companies have been charged in relation to the 2022 deaths of two workers at an Alberta oil and gas jobsite; Calgary’s mayor is apologizing for “communication gaps” that occurred after a massive watermain break; Canada’s largest convention centre has opened; and Bird acquires Jacob Bros Construction […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/06/your-top-joc-headlines-june-10-to-14/feed 0 Your top DCN headlines: June 10 to 14 /dcn/news/projects/2024/06/your-top-dcn-headlines-june-10-to-14 /dcn/news/projects/2024/06/your-top-dcn-headlines-june-10-to-14#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:55:50 +0000 /?p=367662 Your top DCN headlines this week feature a story on London, Ont.’s highrise intensification; a dump truck collides with a pedestrian bridge that’s under construction in Mississauga; Bird acquires Jacob Bros Construction for $135 million; and Infrastructure Ontario has issued an RFQ for the Peel Memorial Hospital redevelopment. London sees highrise intensification downtown and on […]

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