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Common sense, health and safety and young workers

May 26, 2014 Marcia Scheffler Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Penalties and Fines, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development

A friend of mine told me that she used to believe in common sense until one of her young summer workers put his hand where it wasn’t supposed to go. Fortunately only a finger was lost and it was able to be re-attached later; but my friend’s philosophical belief in common sense was chopped off forever.

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Paving company owner OHS fine for death of teen

December 8, 2010 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources

A Manitoba business owner was fined $33,500 for numerous workplace and safety violations which contributed to the death of a 15-year-old boy who was buried in burning asphalt.

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