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Video, wireless sensing, remote monitoring - Honeywell talks about cool new technologies that are making its way to the world of occupational health and safety.
Date: 08 March 2010
Category: Safety Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Knowing the signs and symptoms of a heart attack can help you save your life or the life of your family member, co-worker or friend.
Date: 07 March 2010
Category: Safety Tip of the Week
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OHS legal expert Norman Keith offers his take on what to expect from the OHS legal arena in 2010, in this second installment of the the COS Health and Safety Outlook 2010 Series.
Date: 23 February 2010
Category: OHS Regulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
How to avoid deadly explosions from combustible dust.
Date: 16 February 2010
Category: Safety Tip of the Week
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A moving video about four people whose lives were forever changed by a workplace accident. It is a story of success that unfortunately had to begin with a tragedy.
Date: 08 February 2010
Category: Safety Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ontario Labour Minister Peter Fonseca outlines what ministry inspectors will be focusing on during this month\'s forklift hazard blitz.
Date: 08 February 2010
Category: OHS Regulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trends to watch for in 2010 as seen by leading experts in the field of health and safety. Here, COS editor Mari-Len De Guzman talks to OHS expert Alan Quilley about the trends to expect in workplace safety management.
Date: 08 February 2010
Category: Safety Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Where to start when launching an indoor air quality investigation, courtesy of WorkSafe Alberta.
Date: 08 February 2010
Category: Safety Tip of the Week
 
 
 
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COS editor Mari-Len De Guzman gets up close with emergency responders at the blast site.
Date: 09 September 2008
Category: Personal Protection
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Legal expert Norm Keith discusses the first criminal conviction under Bill C-45, its implications to organizations and safety professionals.
Date: 06 June 2008
Category: OHS Regulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Honeywell will add North Safety to its family of safety products with a $1.2-billion acquisition deal.
Date: 06 May 2008
Category: Personal Protection
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Incidents of violence occurring in the workplace are very high in the health care sector, many of them go unreported, and very few even turn fatal. In this eye opening COS special report, workers tell their own story of the violence and abuse they endure at their workplace on a daily basis. Is it part of the job? [More] [Less]
Date: 18 February 2009
Category: Safety Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thinking Driver president Spencer McDonald gives attendees of the CSSE Professional Development Conference some tips on how to create a corporate safe driving culture.
Date: 11 November 2008
Category: Driver safety
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WSIB chair Steve Mahoney gives an update on the review being conducted on the Experience Rating System
Date: 19 November 2008
Category: OHS Regulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Ministry of Labour has identified five factors that contribute to ladder-related falls or injury.
Date: 15 September 2009
Category: Safety Tip of the Week
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NAOSH Week 2008 celebrations kicked off in Ottawa in May. Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn took part in the event with updates on goverment initiatives toward workplace safety.
Date: 13 May 2008
Category: OHS Regulation
 
 
 
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Occupational safety nurse Heather Ryner won the CCOHS Dick Martin Scholarship Award for her essay on workplace violence in the nursing profession.
Date: 04 July 2008
Category: OHS Regulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amin Mawani, associate professor at Schulich School of Business, discusses the micro-economic benefits for companies to invest in pandemic preparedness.
Date: 15 July 2008
Category: Safety Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COS editor Mari-Len De Guzman sits down with Amin Mawani, associate professor at the Schulich School of Business on his recent paper on the cost-benefit of corporate pandemic planning.
Date: 08 September 2008
Category: Safety Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Officials from the IAPA, Ontario Ministry of Labour and the WSIB led the launching of the Young Worker Safety Awareness campaign, seeking to bring down the number of young workers getting injured on the job.
Date: 30 September 2008
Category: Training
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COS editor Mari-Len De Guzman talks to former Labour Minister Brad Duguid about the province's Safe-At-Work campaign and other hot workplace safety issues.
Date: 03 October 2008
Category: OHS Regulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Toronto Police Traffic Services Unit demonstrates how unsafe driving can result in fatal consequences to emergency responders and the public.
Date: 02 October 2008
Category: Driver safety
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Toronto Police Traffic Services Unit demonstrates how unsafe driving can result in fatal consequences to emergency responders and the public.
Date: 02 October 2008
Category: Driver safety
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COS editor Mari-Len De Guzman talks to former Labour Minister Brad Duguid about the province's Safe-At-Work campaign and other hot workplace safety issues.
Date: 03 October 2008
Category: OHS Regulation
 
 
 
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A moving video about four people whose lives were forever changed by a workplace accident. It is a story of success that unfortunately had to begin with a tragedy.
Date: 08 February 2010
Category: Safety Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Highlights of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineers\\\' annual conference held in Calgary recently. Don Bell, former West Jet exec delivered the opening keynote.
Date: 17 November 2009
Category: Training
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One of the newest products featured at Health and Safety Canada 2009 is a Canadian invention that lets you roll rather than lift.
Date: 10 June 2009
Category: Product demonstrations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibitors at the tradeshow showcase their latest products and services to attendees of Health and Safety Canada 2009
Date: 27 May 2009
Category: Product demonstrations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A profile on Ellis Don Corporation's safety management successes.
Date: 25 May 2009
Category: Safety Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WSIB, Cancer Care Ontario and Canadian Cancer Society has combined resources to launch the Canadian Cancer Research Centre which will study cancer causing agents in the workplace with the end in view of preventing worker exposures.
Date: 12 March 2009
Category: Safety Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accident investigation was the theme of a recent safety forum hosted by the Toronto Chapter of the CSSE
Date: 11 March 2009
Category: OHS Regulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WSIB provided updates on its new service delivery model to attendees of the HRPA conference.
Date: 04 March 2009
Category: Training
 
 
 
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