Innovative • Practical • Affordable

Safety Updates

  • Safety Update: Distracted Walking

    Feb 02, 2012

    Distracted driving has gained much notoriety lately because of the inflated crash risk posed by drivers using cellphones to talk and text. However, there is another growing problem caused by lower-stakes multitasking; distracted walking. Distracted walking combines a pedestrian, an electronic device and an unseen crack in the sidewalk, the pole of a stop sign and sometimes a moving car or train.
    Full story
    safety-update-distracted-walking

  • Safety Update: There's more to vehicle safety than just training

    Jan 24, 2012

    Employers with vehicle fleets or employees who drive are aware (or should be) that the greatest probability of an injury incident is going to be vehicle/driving related. Many organizations have therefore, incorporated driver training into their OH&S program. This is as it should be. Unfortunately, in many cases, this is where vehicle safety stops.
    Full story
    safety-update-there's-more-to-vehicle-safety-than-just-training

  • Safety Update: 'Tis the Season to be Liable

    Jan 10, 2012

    Employers that don't mitigate liability risk at workplace parties could face cold, unhappy and litigious holiday season.
    Full story
    safety-update-'tis-the-season-to-be-liable

  • Enform’s Evidence-Based Auditing Process

    Dec 20, 2011

    This information is invaluable for auditors who may be unsure of expectations or how to use the eCompliance AuditTool efficiently. This session walks through the entire auditing process, highlighting the auditing standards and practices required in each stage of the audit.
    Full story
    enform-s-evidence-based-auditing-process

  • Safety Update: 10 Scaffold Safety Essentials

    Nov 14, 2011

    A lot can go wrong when working on scaffolding. We talked to safety experts about some safety essentials when working from heights. Here are your top 10 tips for scaffolding safety.
    Full story
    safety-update-10-scaffold-safety-essentials

  • Safety Update: Union says Alberta lagging on safety

    Oct 27, 2011

    Alberta labour groups are calling on the province to do more to prevent a growing number of workplace fatalities.
    Full story
    safety-update-union-says-alberta-lagging-on-safety

  • Safety Update: Employer Convicted of Bill C-45 Charge Following Trial

    Oct 13, 2011

    A second employer has now been convicted of a Bill C-45 charge in Québec, Mr. Pasquale Scrocca, a landscape contractor in Québec, was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death with respect to a workplace incident resulting in the death of his employee, Mr. Aniello Boccanfuso.
    Full story
    safety-update-employer-convicted-of-bill-c-45-charge-following-trial

  • Press Release: eCompliance AuditTool Selected as Software Solution for ENFORM COR Health & Safety Auditing Protocol

    Aug 30, 2011

    Enform and eCompliance Management Solutions Inc. are pleased to announce the eCompliance AuditTool as the new software solution for Enform’s COR Health & Safety Auditing Protocol.
    Full story
    press-release-ecompliance-audittool-selected-as-software-solution-for-enform-cor-health-safety-auditing-protocol

  • Transport accident data brings issue of mandatory drug, alcohol test to light

    Aug 30, 2011

    Truckers hauling explosive or flammable loads have killed and badly injured people after getting drunk or stoned behind the wheel, an analysis by The Canadian Press has found. Government crash reports reveal that thousands of people who transport dangerous cargo put themselves — and others — at even greater risk by driving while impaired and not taking enough care on Canada's roads and rails.
    Full story
    truckersafety