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.
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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.
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