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Recognizing the early warning signs of hearth attack and stroke could save someone's life. Every 7 minutes, someone in Canada dies from heart disease or stroke (Statistics Canada, 2011). If …

Have you taken these safety measures to avoid injuries in the workplace? When people think about dangers in the workplace, they often underestimate the impact of trips, slips, and falls …

Whenever workers are working at height it is the employer’s legal responsibility to provide an effective means of rescue should they end up suspended in their harness. All too often …

The Incident In October 2007, a hydroelectric plant in the Western United States was running some routine maintenance. Painters were recoating a 1,300 meter-long penstock[1] with an epoxy coat. Those …