health
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Work stress: How to relieve the pressure on employees
Left unchecked it will impact workers and the bottom line.
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Pest control: Tips for managing disposal areas
How to reduce the risk of insects and other critters invading your plant.
CCOHS-OHCOW website focuses on occupational disease
Will help manufacturers increase their understanding of illnesses and ways to prevent them.
Forum 2019: The Changing World of Work
March 5th 2019The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) brings together leaders and stakeholders from government, labour, and workplaces for an event that explores the changing workforce, workplace and nature of work.
Talcum powder products may be harmful to lungs: feds
Draft assessment focuses on the safety of talc in such self-care products.
Saskatchewan First Nation passes its own legal cannabis law
Chief says the Muscowpetung First Nation’s law exceeds federal standards for cannabis use.
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Play it cool: How to avoid heat-related illnesses
Watch for signs of heat exhaustion among workers.
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Turn down the volume: How industrial noise affects worker health
How loud is your plant? Conduct an assessment or employee survey to identify sources, gauge noise level, and who is exposed.
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Concerned about how legalized pot impacts your company?
Some tools and information to help you see through the haze.
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Get organized: 10 tips for effective joint H&S meetings
Maximize the value of your management, plant floor committee.
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Workplace drug use: Legalized pot a buzz-killer for employers
How decriminalizing marijuana will impact management strategies.
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Stand-up jobs: How to relieve the fatigue
A variety of positions reduce the ill effects of prolonged standing.
Workplace substance use policies would help employers: report
Loss of productivity, absenteeism, increased costs cited as outcomes of unaddressed substance-use issues.
NC may test food near Chemours plant for industrial chemical
Chemicals released into the air were found in about 40% of the food samples collected within about 4 kilometres of the European factory.
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Big Tobacco miffed over health committee snub, opposes plain packaging
Will make it even easier for the contraband cigarette industry to thrive in Canada: Imperial Tobacco.
