Independent operators are the basis of more than 80% of the underground economy in Ontario’s construction industry. According to a report just published by the Ontario Construction Secretariat, the annual estimated revenue losses to the WSIB, tax system, Canada Pension Plan and EI system from underground practices in Ontario’s construction industry from 2007 to 2009 was in the order of $1.4 billion to $2.4 billion.
July 28, 2010
I myself in the beginning didn’t believe this existed
Those are the words of Dr. Joel Fish, chief medical officer at St. John’s Rehab hospital, speaking about the phenomenon known as Invisible Electrical Injury... which may not be as horrific a tragedy as that of electrical burn victims, but can be life-changing and traumatic nonetheless.
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The Ontario Electrical League is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. While at OEL’s 2012 Electrical Industry Conference in Ottawa, we chatted with a few electrical contractors, and OEL’s president Stephen Sell, to find out what professionals get out of membership.
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Thanks to Fluke for sending us this video showing one-handed operation of its thermal imagers with IR-Optiflex and IR-Fusion technology... leaving one hand free to battle industrial ninja assassins.
