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Safety and Health Week begins May 2 April 30, 2021 April 30, 2021 Now more than ever occupational health and safety is in the spotlight, and top of mind. To help workplaces celebrate this important week, CCOHS is offering a free program of live virtual events on workplace wellness, mental health support, pandemic planning, and risk assessments. Advertisment The sessions are open to anyone who wants to attend and run throughout Safety and Health Week. May 3: Safety and Heal...

Article content There have been 2,292 workers infected with COVID-19 in current oilsands outbreaks, according to Alberta Health. There were 859 cases still active as of Wednesday, which marked the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. At least 859 oilsands workers were active COVID-19 cases on National Day of Mourning Back to video The sectors for the oil industry and trades had 207 and ...

Article content There have been 2,292 workers infected with COVID-19 in current oilsands outbreaks, according to Alberta Health. There were 859 cases still active as of Wednesday, which marked the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. At least 859 oilsands workers were active COVID-19 cases on National Day of Mourning Back to video The sectors for the oil industry and trades had 207 and ...

Vacancy — Regional Health Safety Environment and Quality Manager Regional Health Safety Environment and Quality Manager on behalf of our client operating regionally. Prospective candidates should possess the following skills and qualifications: SCOPE OF POSITION: The Regional Health, Safety, Environment& Quality (RHSEQ) Manager is responsible for the design, implementation, communication and coordination of all Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality programs for the Region. This position w...

Shanghai Jiao Tong University In this work, a combined Voronoi and finite-discrete element method (FDEM) approach for reconstructing the post-fracture model of laminated glass (LG) was proposed. The fracture morphology was determined via introducing Voronoi tessellation with statistical distribution parameters such as the fragment face numbers, volume and sphericity. The residual interaction between glass fragments was described with cohesive zone model. One fractured LG block under uniaxial te...

Women should not be denied employment in the name of night work: Kerala High Court Women should not be denied employment in the name of night work: Kerala High Court The Kerala High Court has ruled that women should not be denied employment on the grounds of night shift. advertisement Kerala High Court The Kerala High Court has ruled that women should not be denied employment on the grounds of the night shift. The court said that the government and the authorities have an obligation to create a...

Google Faces Ongoing Backlash from AI Researchers 14 Apr 2021 Google is continuing to face strong criticism from the AI research community following the firing of two of the company’s top AI ethics researchers. The Verge reports that tech giant Google is continuing to face significant backlash from its decision to fire Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, two of the company’s top AI ethics researchers who examined the downsides of tech that is integral to Google’s search products. Scott N...

On the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, two experts explain why human choices are more important to nuclear safety than technology, and why the job is far from finished.

Disclosure statement Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD, MACP, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo. He served as Chairman of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, which released its official report in July 2012. The English translation of his book, Regulatory Capture: Will Japan Change? is expected to be released in 2021. Najmedin Meshkati, Ph.D., CPE, is a Professor ...

As long as we have had a spark of creativity in our minds there have always been inventors pushing the limits of it. These are the ones who push forward into new domains and bring forth oddities both fascinating and bizarre. Some of these truly stand out, and there is perhaps no other inventor in recent memory who has come up with stuff as whacky or downright bizarre as that of Canadian inventor and conservationist Troy Hurtubise. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1963, his life work reads like a l...