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The Ontario Ministry of Labour will establish a new regulation under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act requiring the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to reach gradual funding sufficiency that will see the WSIB at full 100 per cent funding by the year 2027.
May 23, 2012 • Category: Legal Stories
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Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) has approved changes to policies it uses to set employers’ assessment rates.

The changes will apply with 2013 assessment rates. The board has revised its Experience Rating — Maximum Merit or Demerit Surcharge policy.
Written by safety-reporter.com
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:03
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St. Catharines, Ont. — The Corporation of the Town of Pelham was fined $60,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a young worker was injured.

On August 25, 2011, summer students working for the Town were repairing the lids of catch basins, which are the parts of storm drains used to collect debris. One worker lifted the lid of a catch basin with a pickaxe so another worker could apply tape to the basin. While the second worker's hand was in the basin, the lid slipped from the pickaxe and crushed that worker's hand.
Written by COS staff
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:08
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NIPAWIN, Sask. — A Saskatchewan judge has convicted a backhoe operator of workplace violations in an explosion at a butcher shop that killed two people.

Lorry Riemer is to be sentenced at a later date on two counts under the province's Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Written by The Canadian Press
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 08:36
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    Opinion
    Blatantly defying orders by the compensation board can put employers at risk of grave penalties, as one B.C. contractor learned from a recent ruling by the B.C. Supreme Court.
    Written by Norm Keith
    Wednesday, 23 May 2012 08:44
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    One of the most rewarding parts of my professional practice is helping safety practitioners become Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (CRSP). As one of the providers of courses, study materials and practice questions, I meet a great number of safety people struggling to take in and retain huge volumes of information…
    Written by Alan D. Quilley, CRSP
    Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:25
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    When I interviewed George Gritziotis, Ontario’s chief prevention officer, a few months ago, he spoke about the need to focus prevention efforts on vulnerable workers — those who, due to age, newness of work, literacy level, cultural barriers, mental and physical state or precariousness of employment, are at higher risk…
    Written by Mari-len De Guzman
    Friday, 04 May 2012 12:47
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