Most masons and bricklayers work on construction sites, which are some of the most
dangerous workplaces with some of the highest incidences of workplace injuries.
Not exact matches
The company consults
with a range of clients, from private firms to government offices, advising facility managers about how to make their
workplaces safer, or, at the very least, how to «harden the structure» to make it more difficult for a
dangerous individual to gain entry.
The authors did not examine the deaths due to
dangerous work conditions, but Tapia says earlier studies have found
workplace injuries also increased during high employment but, compared
with heart attacks, they were a relatively minor cause of mortality, overall.
Coal mining is a
dangerous occupation,
with dozens of
workplace accident deaths in the U.S. each year, on average.
Her pregnancy was not an incapacity that prevented her from performing the work, it was the
dangerous workplace, and that in turn triggered her statutory right to substitute that work
with a safe task or withdraw.»
In 2014/15, the construction industry was the most
dangerous industry to work in
with 35 workers losing their life as a result of a
workplace accident.
Employers
with dangerous operations who wish to unilaterally impose random or pre-access drug and alcohol testing policies must establish that the
workplace in question has unique problems and vulnerabilities associated
with drug and alcohol abuse, and that their particular policies are justified under those circumstances.
Our experience
with industrial product defects, motor vehicle accidents, and
dangerous property conditions can help you get the most out of your
workplace injury claim.
With our in - depth knowledge of federal and provincial legislation, we help clients maintain a safe
workplace and prevent
dangerous or costly mistakes.
The Supreme Court of Canada has concluded that a
workplace policy which provides for random alcohol testing is not justified when there is an absence of evidence of an existing problem
with alcohol use in the
workplace, even where the
workplace is considered inherently
dangerous.
Further, the Supreme Court noted that safety has never been held to justify random testing even in the case of «highly safety sensitive» or «inherently
dangerous workplaces» such as railways and chemical plants or those that pose a risk of explosion in the absence of a «demonstrated problem
with alcohol use in that
workplace» (CEP at para 45).
While it may be argued that
dangerous unionized
workplaces should be outside the reach of collective bargaining, the reality is that negotiations of
workplace conditions have historically and successfully included a case - by - case balancing of public safety concerns
with protecting privacy.
The
workplaces are inherently
dangerous, involving such hazards as working
with or around heavy equipment, including heavy haul trucks, cable and hydraulic shovels, high voltage power lines, radiation, chemicals, explosives, high temperature steam, high pressure piping, high pressure, flammable liquids and gases, and in blast zones.
Notwithstanding that, it is common ground that a term of imprisonment is necessary to adequately denounce Mr. Kazenelson «s conduct and to deter other persons
with authority over workers in potentially
dangerous workplaces from breaching the legal duty set forth in s. 217.1 of the Code to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm from befalling those workers.
With the advent of Ralph Nader and the consumer rights movement in the US in the 60s and 70s, the law began to turn against manufacturers and employers, and away from the traditional fatalist view that
workplaces were inherently
dangerous places.
Occupational Health & Safety: Pregnancy Dionne v. Commission scolaire des Patriotes et al. (Que.C.A, Apr. 2, 2012)(34854) May 1, 2014 The pregnancy of a supply teacher is not an incapacity that prevents her from performing her work, but where the
workplace is a
dangerous environment, that triggers her statutory right to substitute that work
with a safe task or withdraw.