Canadian Safety Reporter

May 2016

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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Two claims for chronic pain is one too many Worker receiving benefits for work-related carpal tunnel syndrome can't prove second condition was caused by the first BY JEFFREY R. SMITH AN ONTARIO OFFICE worker who was entitled to workers' com- pensation benefits for carpal tunnel syndrome is not entitled to ad- ditional benefits for her fibromyalgia, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal has ruled. The worker was hired in 1988 to be a technical secretary, which re- quired a large amount of typing and data entry as part of the job duties. NEWS BRIEF Safety Reporter Canadian www.safetyreporter.com May 2016 Fibromyalgia > pg. 2 LETTER CARRIER OVERSTEPS DANGEROUS WORK CLAIM Canada Post employee claimed stairs on route were dangerous, but there were alternatives pg. 3 TRUCKER SENT DOWN THE ROAD FOR UNSAFE DRIVING pg. 5 Truck driver didn't follow employer's safety policy and didn't seem to care NO BENEFITS FOR PRE- EXISTING BACK CONDITION AFTER WORKPLACE INJURY Worker was already performing modified duties because of degenerative condition when he strained his back at work pg. 6 INSIDE Correctional officers call for inmates' medical information UCCO pushing for federal Blood Samples Act requiring disclosure after exposure BY LIZ FOSTER THE UNION of Canadian Cor- rectional Officers (UCCO) is once again pushing for improved safety measures. The union is calling for a fed- eral Blood Samples Act, which would provide members with an inmate's medical informa- tion following contact with their bodily fluids. Officers are regularly attacked with urine, feces and blood, said Jason Godin, second national vice president of UCCO. Cur- rently, correctional officers in federal institutions do not have a right to know if an inmate has a disease that could be passed on to them through contact with bodily fluids. RELEASED NHL EMAILS SHOW CONCERN OVER CONCUSSIONS The National Hockey League rec- ognizes that concussions and ad- dictions are a concern for players, but isn't sure what to do. This is what seems apparent from emails among the league's top brass discussing the role of fighting in the NHL and whether it contributes to problems for players off the ice. Following the death of three former enforcers in the league from suicide or addiction in 2011, league commissioner Gary Bett- man showed a reluctance to link head injuries and fighting to off-ice issues, but deputy commissioner Bill Daly and then-league executive Brendan Shanahan felt otherwise. Over four months in 2011, hockey pugilists Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak were found dead — Boogaard from a drug overdose and the other two from suicide. The emails were part of a re- lease of documents by a U.S. fed- eral court as part of a class-action suit against the league and have provided ammunition for anti- fighting and brain injury activists who are pushing for something to be done. Credit: bibiphoto (Shutterstock) 7 out of 10 > pg. 4

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