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Question for you:
How do you see workplace safety evolving over the next decade?
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Yet challenges remain. New technologies, remote work, psychosocial risks, and climate change continue to test how we think about safety. The spirit of the OHSA reminds us: protecting workers is never “done”—it’s a living responsibility that must be renewed every day.
I’ve shared some reflections on the history, impact, and future of the OHSA in my latest article.
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From the early struggles that led to the Ham Commission, to the introduction of WHMIS and the right to refuse unsafe work, the OHSA has transformed workplaces across the province. It gave workers rights, established shared responsibility, and set the foundation for prevention.
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🔎 46 Years of Ontario’s OHSA – Why It Still Matters Today
On October 1, 1979, Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act came into force. It was more than just legislation—it marked a cultural shift in how we think about work.
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OSHA should investigate the White House for failing to provide adequate ventilation for the thousands of government workers involved in spray painting everything gold.
We need a union for gold bling workers!!!
#OSHA #WorkerSafety #AerosolBling #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #USPol
Today in Labor History September 6, 1869: The Avondale fire killed 110 miners, including several juveniles under the age of 10. It led to the first mine safety law in Pennsylvania. Avondale is near Plymouth, Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna River flows nearby. The mine had only one entrance, in violation of safety recommendations at the time. In the wake of the fire, thousands of miners joined the new Workingmen’s Benevolent Association, one of the nation’s first large industrial unions (and precursor to the United Mineworkers and the Knights of Labor). The union was ultimately destroyed through infiltration and sabotage by the Pinkertons. My book, “Anywhere But Schuylkill,” opens with this fire. My main character, Mike Doyle, joins the bucket brigade trying to put out the flames shooting out of the mineshaft.
You can get a copy of Anywhere But Schuylkill from any of these indie retailers:
keplers.com/
https://www.greenapplebooks.com/
https://christophersbooks.com/
https://boundtogether.org//
https://www.historiumpress.com/michael-dunn
Or send me $25 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565) and your mailing address, and I will send you a signed copy!
#workingclass #LaborHistory #mining #coal #avondale #disaster #workplacedeaths #workersafety #union #historicalfiction #novel #books #author #writer #anywherebutschuylkill #mining #childlabor @bookstadon
Microsoft Engineer Pratik Pandey, 35, Dies at Work; Grieving Family Warns of Overworking
#society #business #microsoft #workersafety #deaths #whodied #rip #obits #obituaries #RestInParadise
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire and the song, “Granite Mills”, are reminders that unions and government safety regulations and inspections are necessary to protect workers.
#labor #laborday #workersafety #workerrights #unions
“It looks like an accident,” (Weld county sheriff’s office spokesperson)
NO - 6 dead in a confined space is NOT AN ACCIDENT. Confined spaces are known dangerous locations, and there are rigorous protocols to ensure that the space is safe to enter, and that if the is an unexpected problem, there is a contingency plan. See eg https://www.osha.gov/confined-spaces
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