Fun Facts: What happens when you get heat stroke? With temperatures rising the hazard of heat stroke and other heat related illnesses is being identified on work sites across Canada. Workplace plans for worker exposure and hazard control may be
Safety at Home: Poison Garden
Safety at Home: Poison Garden Hopefully we have seen the last of snow, and we can get on with that favorite spring pastime of gardening. Calm, serene, peaceful and potentially toxic. Did you know that several of the most poison
Fun Facts: Is radiation dangerous?
Fun Facts: Is radiation dangerous? The quick answer is: it can be. But it has also been an incredible boon to our society through it’s use in medical imaging, sensors and other technologies. Even though we must use it carefully,
Safety on the road: Cyclists & Motorcycle Safety
Safety on the road: Cyclists & Motorcycle Safety Blog post co-written by Alex Bakken and Bonita Tucker The temperatures up and the street sweepers are out. What does that mean? More pedestrians but also cyclists and motorcycles sharing the roads.
Respiratory Protection – What does it all mean?
Respiratory Protection – What does it all mean? Blog post by Alex Bakken Did you know that the colors on your respirator mean something? Many times I have walked around sites and noticed that workers are wearing the wrong filters/cartridges
Safety at Home: Do you know what products are under your sink?
Safety at Home: Do you know what products are under your sink? Blog post by Alex Bakken Do you know what is in the products in your cleaning closet? Under your sink? In your bathroom? Want to know what’s in
Fun Facts: How to visualize one part per million (PPM)
Fun Facts: How to visualize one part per million (PPM) What is a part per million (PPM)? Often when we are measuring workplace contaminants the limits of exposure or the reading on the device used to measure the contaminant will
Fun Facts: Why do some people have seasonal allergies?
Fun Facts: Why do some people have seasonal allergies? Seasonal Allergies Asthma and allergy rates are on the rise across Canada, according to a chorus of environmental experts and advocacy groups. Mounting evidence shows that the hay-fever season now lasts
Fun Facts: How the Band Aid was invented
Fun Facts: How the Band Aid was invented
Bill 30 – WCB Changes
Bill 30 – WCB Changes Some interesting changes are coming our way in relation to Bill 30-An Act to Protect the Health and Well-being of Working Albertans. Not only are there going to be changes to the way Occupational Health