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TORONTO WORKERS’ HEALTH & SAFETY LEGAL CLINIC newsletter Vol. 18 No.4 October 2010.
in this issue: Vol. 18 No.4 October 2010. page.
●case & comment -- ●random drug testing. 1 ●Canada Labour Code & right to refuse. 2 ●Provincial Offences Act & ex parte trials 3 ●Sunrise Propane -- report? 4 ●Ministry of Labour – new exposure limits. 4 ●Clinic’s submission to M of L. 4 ●new exposure limits -- an opinion. 5 ●Ontario DESIGNATED SUBSTANCES. 6 ●Clinic committees. 7 ●in the press – ●personal protective equipment. 8 ●deadly BC mushroom farm accident. 9 ●electrocution. 9 ●two companies charged in fatal platform plunge. 9 ●worker killed -- Burlington metal factory. 9 ●Pb in sporting ammunition. 9 ●$16.6 million in fines after fatal blast at Connecticut plant. 9 ●Burn-Pit Exposure. 9 ●BP $50.6 million US OSHA fine. 9 ●Miners Die, Congress Dawdles. 9 ●football head injuries. 9 ●shipping computers to the developing world. 10 ●URANIUM WIDOWS. 10 ●Smoke from cooking stoves kills poor people. 10 ●M of L Expert Advisory Panel. 10 ●submissions to Advisory Panel. 10 ●underground Pb, Victoria St., Toronto. 11 ●notes. 11 ●for future issues. 16 ●publication data. 16
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News and meetings
Clinic’s submission to M of L re new exposure limits. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2010+09%7C2010+09+20.++Submission+to+M+of+L.doc
Clinic’s “SUBMISSION TO THE [M of L] EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL ON ...[OH&S] / PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM,” 30 June 2010. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2010+06%7C2010+06+30.+Submissions+to+MoL+Panel.doc
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 16 June 2010. Metro Hall, 7pm., 55 John Street, room 309, 3rd Floor. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?dir=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2010+06+++AGM
Clinic’s annual LAO budget approved. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2009+11.%7C2009+11+06.+Approved+Annual+Budget.doc
Financial Report 31 March 2010. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2010+03%7C2010+03+31.+++%24+report.pdf
Financial Report 31 March 2011.
LAO Spotlight http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2009+12%7C2009+12.+LAO+Spotlight.pdf http://www.legalaid.on.ca/en/news/newsarchive/0912-07_spotlight-twhslc.asp
Clinic’s submission re Bill 168. http://www.workers-safety.ca/remository?do=view&file=publications%3A+newsletter%2C+Workers+Guide%2C+FACT+SHEETS%2C+reports%2C+etc%7C2009+11.%7C2009+11+20.+TWHSLC+Bill+168+Submissions.doc
from the Ontario Ministry of Labour: Workplace Violence and Harassment: Understanding the Law / Health and Safety Guidelines http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/pubs/wpvh/violence.php http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/pdf/wpvh_gl.pdf Protecting Workers From Workplace Violence and Workplace Harassment http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/sawo/pubs/fs_workplaceviolence.php
Expert Advisory Panel on Occupational Health and Safety http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/eap/index.php
Expert Advisory Panel on Occupational Health and Safety / Report and Recommendations to the Minister of Labour, December 2010. http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/eap/report/index.php http://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2010/12/new-chief-prevention-officer-to-oversee-workplace-safety.html http://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2010/12/occupational-health-and-safety-panel-recommendations.html http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/907887--report-calls-for-sweeping-changes-after-scaffolding-deaths?bn=1
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 15 June 2011. 180 Dundas St. W. 19th floor