Canadian Safety Reporter

December 2015

Focuses on occupational health and safety issues at a strategic level. Designed for employers, HR managers and OHS professionals, it features news, case studies on best practices and practical tips to ensure the safest possible working environment.

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Company tries to avoid hazard assessment after injury on fishing boat BY JEFFREY R. SMITH A NOVA SCOTIA fi shing vessel must have a hazard assessment re- port completed on its equipment for the vessel can be considered safe following an injury to a crew member from a severed cable, the Nova Scotia Labour Board has ruled. e Compass Rose II is a fi shing vessel operated by Yarmouth Sea Products, a fi shing company based in Yarmouth, N.S. e vessel is used for scallop fi shing and contains a fi shing system featuring cables and other equipment on board. NEWS BRIEF Safety Reporter Canadian www.safetyreporter.com December 2015 Company > pg. 2 THE GOOD FIGHT AGAINST WORKPLACE BULLIES 4 strategies to help mitigate the risk to employers posed by workplace bullying and harassment pg. 3 DON'T PUT ALL SAFETY EGGS IN ONE BASKET pg. 5 Company's reliance on single employee for all safety matters backfired when employee was electrocuted SMOKE BUT NO FIRE FOR TOBACCO WORKER'S RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS Worker rreported issues caused by working with tobacco, but had history of smoking and allergies pg. 6 INSIDE WSIB ignores medical advice: Report Ontario Federation of Labour calls on ombudsman to investigate BY SABRINA NANJI MARVIN MULDAR HAS not held his third and youngest grandchild since she was born a little more than six months ago because of a debilitating lower back injury he suffered back in 2010 on the job at a Hamilton moving company. Muldar is one of the injured workers in Ontario who has come forward as part of a new report that suggests On- tario's workers' compensation board (WSIB) sometimes ig- nores the medical advice of doc- tors and leaves injured workers behind. At a press conference held in early November at Queen's Park, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) and the Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups released Prescription Over-Ruled, a report on how the Workplace Safety and Insurance AGENCY ADMITS NEGLIGENCE IN KIDNAPPING LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foun- dation) — The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) admitted negligence, but denied gross negligence, in a trial involving a former employee kidnapped in Kenya in 2012. Steve Dennis is suing the agency, for gross negligence after he and three colleagues were abducted by armed men in Dadaab refugee camp and taken to Somalia. They were rescued four days later by Somali militia and Kenyan troops. Dennis, a Canadian who had spent ten years in the field, said a leg injury and post traumatic stress disorder from the attack have lim- ited his work options. The judge's verdict is expected next month. A review by NRC staff provided about 130 recommendations for improving its safety and security work. NRC said all of the key points from it have been implemented. "NRC acknowledges that the lack of information security in Dadaab has been underpinned in the course of the court proceedings. NRC there- fore has conceded that this consti- tutes negligence," NRC said. The NRC said it earlier offered a NOK4.5 million (US$524,246) out of court settlement. Credit: Shutterstock Doctors > pg. 4

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