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Health & Safety

Summer inspection blitz targets construction trench hazards
59 workers killed, critically injured in trench accidents in past 6 years
Construction health and safety advisory group named for Ontario
Ontario Ministry of Labour has established a Construction Health…
Contractors need to be prepared for a visit from Ontario College of Trades
Briefing note prepares for enforcement officer visit

Construction firms qualify for Canada Job Grant program
Federal funding for job training is just an application…

Ministry issues 6500 orders during fall prevention blitz
Missing guardrails, no PPE biggest violations

New safety manual for aggregates sector
The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association has created a…

Ontario approves new working-at-heights training requirements for construction projects
New rules as of April 1, with two years to comply

Work-related injury rates on the decline in Ontario, study shows
Employer investment, awareness credited for improvement
‘Transient’ construction labour force slows growth potential: Study
Workers chasing ‘short-term’ contracts creating long-term shortage
Crane crashes into Thunder Bay courthouse
No one was injured after a 90-ton crane toppled…
Pure Technologies awarded $1.2M contract
Pure Technologies Ltd. has been awarded a contract by…
Chilliwack East Dike to receive more than $2M in upgrades
The Chilliwack East Dike in Chilliwack, B.C. will be…
College of Trades accepting ratio review submissions for Group D
The Ontario College of Trades is accepting written submissions…

U.K. Ladder Association names biggest “ladder idiot”
The Ladder Association, the U.K.-based trade body responsible for…
Aecon receives Certificate of Recognition in Ontario from IHSA
The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) recently presented…
WSIB premiums to increase in 2013
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board will increase premiums…
RFQ issued for Toronto public health laboratory
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) has issued a request for qualifications…

Bridge over icy waters
Crews battle Great White North to build permanent crossing over Mackenzie River
Making the cut in Canada’s demolition industry
It’s a moment Ryan Priestly dreads every time he…
Mierau Contractors Ltd. to build new firefighting centre in B.C.
Firefighters in the Village of Valemount, B.C. will be…