Tag: workplace
-
New Mental Health Guide Helps Small Businesses Thrive: Improve Well-Being in the Workplace with Easy-to-Follow Steps
Workplace Safety North (WSN) recently released a new ‘Mental Health Guide for Small Businesses,’ designed to help small business owners manage workplace mental health. This week’s Blog explores the guide and shows how workplace managers can follow simple steps to recognize and manage factors that can affect mental health at the workplace.
-
An Innovative Workforce Accommodation Strategy: Key to Attracting Skilled Labour for Remote Mining Sites
As mining operations push further into isolated regions to tap into valuable resources, project owners increasingly realize that a strong workforce accommodations strategy is not just an incentive but a necessity. This week’s Blog discusses the things mining companies can do to help recruit – and then retain – this industry’s top tier talent.
-
Choosing Rugged, Robust, and Reliable Electrical Devices for the Mining Industry
At the heart of mining, quarrying, and aggregate operations lies a crucial yet often overlooked aspect: rugged, robust, and reliable electrical connections, where every component is exposed to a relentless onslaught from dust, moisture, vibrations, and extreme temperature. This week’s Blog from MELTRIC® Corporation discusses the unique set of challenges to keeping the power on…
-
Enhancing Electrical Safety and Efficiency in the Mining Industry: MELTRIC® Plugs and Receptacles for the Win
Written by Grant Zwicke, MELTRIC® Corporation While the mining industry continues to evolve, the challenging aspects of prioritizing safety and efficiency remain. To keep pace with the increased focus on worker safety, innovative solutions are essential to remain on schedule. Rugged and reliable electrical connectors are one piece of the puzzle – one that offers…
-
Workplace Investigations: Best Practices in Mining
In the dynamic landscape of the mining sector, maintaining a safe and compliant workplace is paramount. This week’s Blog from Lai-King Hum of Hum Law breaks down everything we need to know about when the Ministry of Labour comes to the job site to investigate an incident.
-
Safe Workplaces for All Program Addresses Workplace Harassment in Canada’s Mining Industry
Everyone deserves to work in a safe, respectful, and welcoming environment, yet sexual harassment and violence still occur in the mining workplace. A new initiative at the Mining Industry Human Resources Council looks to change that. This week’s Blog by MiHR discusses its Safe Workplaces for All education program and how it is working to…
-
Seven Practical Steps to Build a Culture of Safety and Human Reliability
Talking about building a culture of safety and human reliability is easy. But how many great ideas get talked about and never actually get put into practice? This week’s Blog discusses how to transform good ideas into practical steps that you and your people can apply immediately.
-
Provix: Improving Visibility at the Mine Site with Thermal Cameras
Navigating heavy equipment in darkness, dust, fog, rain, snow, and steam is a challenging task, and equipment lights can be distorted causing additional visual distraction. This week’s Blog from Provix Inc. takes a look at how their thermal camera solutions can make your mine site safer.
-
How to Choose the Right Safety Technology for Off-Road Vehicles
Worksites can be dangerous places. The potential for deaths and injuries caused by moving plant machinery and equipment should not be underestimated. This week’s blog from Warren Di Marco, a vehicle safety expert at Brigade Electronics Canada, discusses the most appropriate safety devices and what to consider when choosing vehicle safety technology for off-road vehicles.
-
Common misconceptions about your passwords
Common misconceptions about your passwords Written by Jack Warner at Techwarn. With the current trends in technology advancements and cybersecurity threats, it’s exciting to see how authentication technologies are evolving to match up. Many tech experts are now exploring a new world beyond password authentication. Some of the emerging alternatives include multi-factor authentication (MFA), biometrics,…