Posts Categorized As: Material Handling

Blog Post #1132 – Worker’s Death Results in $100,000 Fine for Campbellford Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A young worker died after a transport trailer fell while the worker was using a propane torch to melt and clear frozen ground around the trailer. The worker was employed at Mintech Marketing Inc., 64 Tanner Industrial Park, Campbellford, Ontario, a company that collects and resells post-production plastic and other waste products.

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Blog Post #1124 – Windsor Contracting Company Fined $75,000 After Worker Critically Injured

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

On October 28, 2016, a beam being lifted into the air became unbalanced and slid, striking one of the workers and causing critical injuries to the worker. The accident occurred at the Service Mold + Aerospace Inc.’s plant in Windsor, Ontario, where the worker’s employer, CMF Group Inc., was installing new milling machines.

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