Occupational health

COVID-19: Interim Recommendations for Workers on Construction Sites

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COVID-19: Interim Recommendations for Local and Provincial Truck Drivers

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COVID-19: Agricultural Workers in Crop and Livestock Production - Preventive measures in the Workplace

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COVID-19: Interim Recommendations for Transborder Transportation

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COVID-19: Shops and stores - Preventive measures in the workplace

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COVID-19: Interim Recommendations for hotel workers

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COVID-19: Delivery Workers - Preventive measures in the Workplace

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COVID-19: Police and Security Agencies - Preventive measures in the Workplace

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COVID-19: Movers - Preventive Measures in the Workplace

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Climate change and heat vulnerabilities of Canadian workers: Focus on the Central and Western provinces of Canada

This study on the relationship between summer temperatures and worker health in five Canadian provinces has produced new knowledge that can guide decision-makers and prevention stakeholders. Drawing on workers’ compensation claims data from Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well as meteorological data, the study revealed that:

  • For every 1°C increase in the daily maximum summer temperature for the 2001-2016 period, there was a 28% to 51% increase in the daily number of accepted heat illness claims (e.g. edema, syncope, exhaustion, sunstroke/heatstroke), depending on the province and the heat exposure indicator used; applied to the province of Quebec, a 34% increase (model based on Tmax) represents seven additional accepted heat illness claims over the five summer months of each year of the 2001-2016 period.
  • No sex- or age-based disparities were observed in relation to the heat illness risk examined. In Queb…