More training, enforcement needed to reduce fatalities at worksites …
- July 22, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
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Thorough investigation of viaduct accident needed
- July 20, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
The collapse of the 40m segment of the viaduct under construction next to the slip road from Upper Changi Road East to the Pan-Island Expressway surprised many. The corbels might have given way for various reasons, including design oversight, overloading, concrete not achieving the required compressive stress and poor workmanship. The Land Transport Authority has
Opinion: Federal leadership needed to enforce worker safety with Westray Law
- April 30, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Two corsages placed on a cairn in Campbell River where two men died in the Quinsam Coal Mine accident. The cairn is a tribute to the men that died in the Westray mine accident in 1992. Don MacKinnon / Vancouver Sun On May 9, 1992, a community in Nova Scotia was shattered when an explosion
Opinion: Federal leadership needed to enforce worker safety with Westray Law
- April 28, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Two corsages placed on a cairn in Campbell River where two men died in the Quinsam Coal Mine accident. The cairn is a tribute to the men that died in the Westray mine accident in 1992.Don MacKinnon / VANCOUVER SUN On May 9, 1992, a community in Nova Scotia was shattered when an explosion at
Opinion: National strategy needed to improve healthcare safety
- April 16, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Much work needs to be done to achieve the provincial government’s goal of no patients or staff being harmed by 2020, and a co-ordinated national strategy is critical to addressing health human resources challenges on the frontline of elder care across the country.Aleksandar Mijatovic / PNG The National Alliance for Safety and Health in Healthcare
Collective efforts needed to improve WSH outcomes
- February 5, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
We thank Mr Han Wenqi (“Hold sub-contractors to account for safety lapses“; Dec 22, 2016), Mr Francis Cheng (“Main contractors should be held liable for safety lapses“; Dec 27, 2016) and Mr Manoraj Rajathurai (“Construction industry can learn from oil rigs’ safety measures“; Forum Online, Dec 30, 2016) for their letters. Similar to main contractors,