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The article looks at projects and programs that improved safety at cement plants in the U.S. and Canada in 2008. Ash Grove Cement Co. introduced a design which allows truck operators to access the cab more easily. A container was designed by employees at Holcim (US) Inc. to collect cement samples for customers. Meanwhile, Suwannee American Cement installed an automatic header pressure relief valve to shut off the high-pressure pump and avoid safety hazards.

The article discusses the reasons on the differences of company regulations and guidelines when it comes to the use of contact lenses in the workplace in Canada. In the country, most laboratories have signs banning contact lenses because of government agencies' perceptions that it could damage the eyes of a person. These perceptions would become the basis for the formulation of the regulations and guidelines. INSET: New Guidelines for Eye Safety in the Workplace.

The article reports on a decision by prosecutors in British Columbia to drop a criminal negligence case against U.S. construction giant Kiewit Corp. and two former managers in connection with the 2009 death of employee Sam Fitzpatrick. The United Steelworkers union criticized the decision. Steven Bittle, an associate professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa, said the Fitzpatrick family could appeal to the decision to the attorney general.

The article discusses Canada, North America, appearing set to try a rare criminal case for a major company U.S. contractor, Kiewit Corp. for a workplace fatality stemming from a decade-old accident on a remote British Columbia hydroelectric project.

Outlines the process by which the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission reviews and approves proposed design changes to nuclear power plants in Canada. Required inclusion of method for ensuring the safety of human-machine interface and workplace design; Evaluations to ensure that design change processes address human performance; Need to integrate human factors into the design change process.

This article presents information related to various aerospace events to be held in the year 2004. Transportation Systems Consulting Corp.'s Conference on Aircraft Maintenance Planning & Control will held from January 20-23 in Florida. Fourth Annual Pan-NATO Military Logistics Forum: Worldwide Business Research's Defense Logistics 2004 will take place from January 27-29. Southern California Safety Institute's 21st International Aircraft Cabin Safety Symposium will take place from February 02-05 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The article announces that Dufferin Aggregates, a division of Holcim (Canada) Inc. was honored as one of Canada's Safest Employers in 2013.

The article presents 2013 news on medicine, including efforts which Canadian nurse leaders are making to protect health care workers from infectious diseases, an apology which junior nurses at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital received from Ghana's health minister, Harry-Sherry Ayittey, and research on stress among nurse practitioners.

The article presents 2013 information on medicine, including information on a low pay scheme for newly qualified nurses in Ireland, the hiring of nearly 2000 Filipino health care workers in Tokyo, Japan and a meeting which the Ontario Nurses’ Association in Canada is requesting with Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper.

The article reports on the mine workers that have been safely rescued by rescue teams from the Mosaic Co.'s Esterhazy potash mine site in Canada. There are 72 mine workers that have been safely evacuated from inside the Esterhazy potash mine after a fire of unknown origin broke out inside the mine. Mine officials identified the fire quickly and deployed Mosaic's emergency safety procedures that directed mine workers to underground "refuge stations" equipped with oxygen, food, water, and other supplies to protect them. Mosaic President and CEO Fritz Corrigan said that their mine workers followed the safety procedures resulting to a positive outcome of the rescue operation.

Examines the Responsible Care program of the chemical industry in Canada that aims to change industry practices. Chemical accidents of the past; Safety issues; Evacuation plans around a chemical plant.

The article reports that Ontario's Ministry of Labour will hire at least 25 new workplace safety inspectors after a December 8, 2003 wall collapse that killed a student. The wall separated the student's school from an adjacent movie theater being demolished. Fourteen other people were injured. The inspectors will start training in January, says the ministry.