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New railway worker training rules aim to cut rail incidents

Transport Canada's overhaul of railway certification standards adds Crew Resource Management and targets human-factor rail occurrences

Alberta Rigging Safety Council pushes for national standard

New council wants minimum training and competency requirements for rigging and hoisting, with eyes on Canada-wide harmonization

Road crew worker seriously injured after being struck by vehicle during overnight shift

How can employers protect road construction workers?

50-year-old man dies in tree-clearing accident

Four-person crew was clearing trees to create a landing zone for helicopters

Group calls for unlimited annual mental health coverage for correctional staff

‘These suicides are not just a statistic – they are a warning sign that can no longer be ignored’

Type 2 helmet mandate arrives on Canadian construction sites

The CCSC's July 1 deadline is reshaping construction head protection and how the industry thinks about traumatic brain injury prevention

West Fraser fined $110,855.83 after fatal confined space engulfment at sawmill

Employer ‘failed to ensure that it assigned overall responsibility for administration of the confined space entry program and supervision of confined space entry to an adequately trained person’

TSB report: mismarked stake led to B.C. pipeline strike

A misplaced survey stake caused a Fort St. John gas pipeline to be punctured during construction

Crude breach on Hibernia Platform triggers regulator review

'C-NLOER has requested additional information from HMDC in order to fully understand the incident and its root causes’

NEWS

The AI Already at Work in Canadian Workplaces, and the Guardrails it Needs

The quiet revolution reshaping head protection on Canadian jobsites

Why the construction industry is shifting from CSA Type 1 hard hats to Type 2

Apex Well Servicing fined $144,000 for workplace injury

Bill C-35 forced labour ban reshapes supply chain safety duties

B.C. heat stress rules called outdated as WorkSafeBC urges employers to act

Fifty years of raising the standard for safety

Castle finds success through 'very simple formula'

FEATURES

Thinner, smarter, greener: how safety gloves are evolving

Calculating the true cost of your material handling equipment

OPINION

RESOURCES

PROFILES

Navigating uncertainty in age of disruption

How to adapt and thrive amid technological and economic change

Vancouver researcher’s global award shines spotlight on ‘hidden’ silica crisis

Dr. Nayab Sultan now working with UBC on AI-enabled early detection tools for tuberculosis

PRODUCTS

Cementex launches insulated toolkit for HVAC professionals

TR-9HVAC Toolkit is a set of double-insulated hand tools rated to 1,000VAC/1,500VDC for use around energized HVAC equipment

FUCHS Lubricants launches food-grade grease for processing facilities

Company introduces the CASSIDA FM GREASE CSC EP Series