PORT HOOD, N.S. — The company that owns a Cape Breton inn has been fined more than $28,000 for safety violations in connection with the death of a 12-year-old boy who was run over by a boom truck.

For disability management and occupational health professionals looking to improve their return-to-work (RTW) programs, research can be a best friend in pointing the way forward. The Institute for Work and Health (IWH) — an independent, not-for-profit organization based in Toronto — has been conducting research into disability prevention for more than 20 years. It has amassed evidence about the workplace and work-related factors that can help and hinder return to work.

The New Democrats say it's time for the Alberta government to release a report on the safety of oil and natural gas pipelines in the province.

Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes ordered the safety assessment last summer following three oil pipeline spills, including one that polluted part of the pristine Red Deer River.

Safety management is often out of step with the other parts of our businesses. This can be corrected if we make safety management look more like the production of goods and services. The more we can align safety process and measures with other business-like processes the more successful we will…

It seems the tragedy that beset Bangladesh when a garment factory building collapsed last week, killing more than 900 workers, isn’t over.  The country now faces the potential of a significant economic setback as a result of the horrific incident.Western companies — many of them behind big commercial brand names…

Motorcycles are the safest vehicles on the road right up until the point of impact.I have been a rider since 1972 and enjoyed riding everything from mini bikes with lawnmower engines to 100 plus horsepower sport and touring bikes.