Depending on the length of time exposed, your health status, your genetic background and the concentration of pollutants, air pollution can: Irritate your lungs and airways Make it harder to breathe Worsen chronic diseases such as heart disease, chronic bronchitis, ...

Driving has been identified as the most dangerous activity performed in both our personal and work-related lives. Recent and long-standing studies have identified specific at-risk behaviours which contribute to the majority of vehicle-related serious injuries and/or fatalities. We would like to share the identified at-risk behaviours with purpose of increasing ...

The Canadian Model for Providing a Safe Workplace was first issued in 1999 to establish standardized alcohol and drug guidelines ensuring fairness and consistency throughout the industry. It helps to standardize the approach, testing, application and rehabilitation of workers. The purpose of the Canadian Model is to contribute to a ...

Question for the Audience: What types of Events must be reported to your Supervisor, and when? Answer: All Events must be reported to your Supervisor immediately, or as soon as it is safe to do so. These types of Events are: Near Miss Bodily Injury ...

Muslims across the world began the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan, on Wednesday May 16th or May 17th by refraining from bad habits and eating or drinking during daylight hours. Depending on your geographical location in the world, this may lead to a number of challenges. It is ...

Mental Health at The Workplace Workplaces have traditionally looked at workplace health from a strictly occupational health and safety perspective. To have a complete or comprehensive approach, workplaces should also consider measures that may impact the mental health of workers. Workplaces have traditionally looked at workplace health from a strictly occupational ...

Last week our industry, our province and our country comes together to remember the workers who have lost their lives, or been severely injured or disabled while on the job. To put in perspective, in Canada 904 workers died from workplace-related injuries or illnesses, and another 240,682 suffered a ...

Happy Monday   Let’s start the week off with safety. We are almost one month into 2018 and we want to recognize the HSE successes that Park Derochie achieved in 2017.  Our safety department sent out these remarkable statistics last week that we want to share!    Safety Statistics   Question: How many ...

When we become complacent it is usually because of confidence and repetition. The more we perform a task without event, the easier it is for our brains to settle into the familiar rhythm of complacency.  Consider the following workers' situations and their levels of complacency:  A laborer, ...

It's summer and that means it's BBQ season!  Many of us spend our evenings and weekends outside with our family and friends during the summer. While enjoying a few cold drinks and barbecuing some delicious food, it is easy to forget that grilling can become dangerous very quickly if we ...