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Home / Blog / Safety

Safety

“Mourn the dead; fight like hell for the living”

April 26, 2015

An estimated 2.3 million workers, according to ILO statistics, die each year from work-related accidents or disease – one worker every 15 seconds. Untold more suffer from occupational illness or non-fatal accidents. The website 28 April, an initiative of Hazards…

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Filed Under: Actions & Campaigns, Safety

Windsor & Essex prepare for Day of Mourning

April 26, 2015

“Day of mourning remembers workers killed, injured” / Cheryl Vigh-Basden (Windsor Star blog, Apr. 21, 2015) Windsor-Essex injured workers and the community will join others across the country Tuesday in remembering those killed or injured on the job at a Day of…

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Toronto Day of Mourning ceremony moves to Bloor/High Park

April 16, 2015

This year, in recognition of the recent tragic workplace deaths of two bricklayers, Luigi Cudini and Shane Jennings (members of LIUNA Local 183), the Toronto and York Region Labour Council has announced Toronto’s Day of Mourning ceremony will be held this year…

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Filed Under: Actions & Campaigns, Safety

Asbestos awareness

April 1, 2015

April 1-7 marks National Asbestos Awareness Week in the United States. With National Day of Mourning approaching (April 28th), it is a timely reminder that asbestos is far and away the leading cause of occupational death in Canada, accounting for 2,268 deaths…

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Filed Under: Occupational disease, Safety

Work-related injuries down but deaths up

January 15, 2015

A recent study by the Institute for Work and Health, published in the American Journal of Public Health, reports that work-related injuries fell by 30% between 2004-2011. The researchers estimated the incidence of occupational and nonoccupational injury from emergency department records…

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Filed Under: Diseases & Injuries, Safety

Rally addresses WSIB failures on safety and denials

December 8, 2014

“On-the-job deaths up 36 per cent over last five years” – video / David Shum (Global News Toronto, Dec. 8, 2014) Coverage includes issue of claims suppression and Minister of Labour’s response to recently released 2013 WSIB Statistical Report showing more workers…

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Filed Under: Actions & Campaigns, Safety, Videos

Experience rating – OFL reports it’s still “Rewarding offenders”

November 24, 2014

The Ontario Federation of Labour today released its report “Rewarding offenders” exposing how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is giving millions of dollars in rebates on their premiums each year to companies convicted of occupational health and safety offences that resulted…

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Filed Under: Experience Rating, Safety

Rewarding dangerous employers: Toronto Star asks what’s changed?

November 24, 2014

“Workplace Safety Board still rewards dangerous employers: Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board still pays millions of dollars in rebates to companies at fault in workers’ deaths or injuries, a new report by the Ontario Federation of Labour says”  Moira Welsh,…

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Filed Under: Experience Rating, Safety

Part-time work exposing workers to a greater risk of injury

October 5, 2014

“The 15-hour work week: Canada’s part-time problem” / Tavia Grant (The Globe and Mail, Oct. 4, 2014) Article discusses the growing number of involuntary part-time, temporary and contract jobs in Canada’s labour market and the social consequences of this unsteady or precarious…

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Filed Under: Employment, Poverty, Safety

Still in need of OH&S protection

October 1, 2014

“High school co-op student dies at work placement” / Marco Chown Oved (Toronto Star, Oct. 1) 17-year-old Niagara student becomes the 3rd co-op student killed in the last 10 months, a tragic reminder that interns and co-op students are not covered by…

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Filed Under: Safety

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