Costliest injuries revealed in latest Workplace Safety Index

The just-released 2014 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index shows that the most disabling workplace injuries and illnesses in 2012 amounted to nearly $60 billion in direct U.S. workers’ compensation costs. This translates into over a billion dollars a week spent by businesses on the most disablin ...
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When your installer is your inspector - amusing clip

An amusing take on your service provider (in this case builder, but equally applicable to racking inspections) also providing your post service inspection...   Ben and Hollys little kingdom - 'Plumbing' (Season 2, Episode 22) - View Snippet here   ...
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Decisions about workplace safety shouldn't be based on money

A few years ago I met Lawrence Waterman, head of safety during construction of the London 2012 Olympic complex. Shockingly, London was the first Olympics complex built where no worker died during construction. When I asked Waterman what lay behind this success, he recounted a conversation he'd had ...
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Racking Inspector Killed in Workplace Accident

The man killed in an industrial accident at an east Mountain tile store is a Kitchener resident employed by a Cambridge company contracted to do work there. Mitchell Hentges, 53, died Wednesday after being trapped under the debris of tiles and cement bags after a rack collapsed in the rear warehous ...
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New Mex Canada directors jailed over workplace death

Two company directors have been jailed after pleading guilty to safety violations that led to the death of a warehouse worker. Baldev Pura and Rajinder Saini — both directors of New Mex Canada Inc. — were sentenced to 25 days in jail. And New Mex Canada, an importer and retailer of furniture a ...
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