Can you believe that two workers, but no management have been formally charged in the Lac Megantic railway disaster back in July 2013, what is Canadian Justice about?
The safety related laws of Canada are, generally speaking reasonably adequate, at least on paper, but the administration and enforcement of these laws can only be described as pathetic and widely influenced by politics at the highest level’. Continue reading
During the past year or so while conducting 5 Star Health & Safety Management System™ Audits, I have been astounded at the number of chemical plants and laborites where employees had not practiced, and could not use the provided eyewash stations. Continue reading
The headlines this week regarding Montreal’s eight-billion-litre untreated sewage dump came and went with a few large plumes of dark-brown water or white effluent witnessed in the St. Lawrence River and strong early morning odours in some quarters, but little visible sewage detected overall. Continue reading
Fire is probably the only single factor, which could completely paralyse a thriving enterprise in a short span of time, many managements have to their cost appreciated this too late when the stark realism of the situation presents itself in the form of twisted steel- work projecting a ghostly silhouette above a mass of blackened rubble. Continue reading
The founder and president of Safety Projects International Inc, has a mission – to help clean up Canada and several other countries. However, rather than doing it himself, Dr Bill Pomfret aka Dr Clean is getting the workers themselves to do it – which is simple in its logic but offers a huge challenge in execution. Continue reading