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>Past Issues: 2003

Volume 1, Issue 11 - December 2003

In the News:  New Canadian Criminal Law to Enforce Worker Safety
Hazard Alerts:  Working Around Energized Power Lines
OSH Answers:  Fighting the fluorescent flicker
Partner News:  Workplace Stress: CUPE creates tool for action
CCOHS News:  New building, new challenges as CCOHS turns 25

Volume 1, Issue 10 - October 2003

In the News:  The Safety Story on Static
Hazard Alerts:  Narrow escape for elevator apprentice
OSH Answers:  Protection against permanent hearing loss
Partner News:  A global strategy for OH&S
CCOHS News:  Informing Canadians and the world

Volume 1, Issue 9 - September 2003

In the News:  The ergonomics of standing and sitting at work
Hazard Alerts:  Preventing deadly van rollovers
OSH Answers:  The safe business traveler
Partner News:  Have a healthy week at work
CCOHS News:  Martin O'Connell leaves a legacy of caring

Volume 1, Issue 8 - August 2003

In the News:  Corporations given legal duty for employee safety
Hazard Alerts:  Carbon Monoxide poisoning
OSH Answers:  Facing workplace hazards with the right equipment
Partner News:  A safety website for Spanish-speaking workers
CCOHS News:  Legislation tracking made easy

Volume 1, Issue 7 - July 2003

In the News:  A venomous occupational hazard
Hazard Alerts:  White fingers - the woodworkers' curse
OSH Answers:  Improving the lives of shift workers
Partner News:  A new standard for workplace violence education
CCOHS News:  Faster, friendlier searching for CCOHS clients

Volume 1, Issue 6 - June 2003

In the News:  Hot enough for you?
Hazard Alerts:  New warnings from provincial governments
OSH Answers:  Mouse Talk: A useful tool made more bearable
Partner News:  Fast, thorough and comprehensive: IPCS INTOX Databank is free online
CCOHS News:  Job Safety Analysis Made Simple

Volume 1, Issue 5 - May 2003

In the News:  Mosquitoes bring another season of West Nile virus
Hazard Alerts:  Confined spaces can be death traps
OSH Answers:  Keeping active, even at work
CCOHS News:  NAOSH Week focuses on education

Volume 1, Issue 4 - April 2003

In the News:  Mourning our dead and injured workers
Hazard Alerts:  New warnings from provincial governments
OSH Answers:  Protecting health workers from Drug Resistant Organisms
Partner News:  Harmonizing chemical classifications across the globe
CCOHS News:  Customized chemical collection of MSDSs coming for hospitals

Volume 1, Issue 3 - March 2003

In the News:  Balancing hurried families and the changing workplace
Hazard Alerts:  New warnings from provincial governments
OSH Answers:  Let there be (proper) light
Partner News:  Partnering to work safe in Saskatchewan
CCOHS News:  New Health & Safety for Libraries guide - coming soon!

Volume 1, Issue 2 - February 2003

In the News:  Job-One: An essential reference for new workers and the people around them
Hazard Alerts:  New warnings from provincial governments
OSH Answers:  The 'hazardous' office move
Partner News:  Dying young: A memorial to preventable workplace tragedy
CCOHS News:  Minister appoints new CCOHS Governor
CCOHS News:  CHEMINFO updates an established chemical

Volume 1, Issue 1 - January 2003

In the News:  Safety Urban Legends: Fact or Fiction
Hazard Alerts:  New warnings from the federal, provincial and territorial governments
OSH Answers:  How much weight should a worker lift?
Partner News:  New Brunswick's WHSCC reports on fatal Irving Oil explosion
CCOHS News:  Scholarship opportunities for Health and Safety Students