Blog Post #139 – Companies Fined $125,000 Total After Worker Injured

Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Cimco Refrigeration, a division of Toromont Industries Ltd. that manufactures and maintains refrigeration systems, was fined $95,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Sobeys Capital Inc., carrying on business as Sobey’s Whitby Retail Support Centre, a grocery distribution centre, was fined $30,000 in relation to the same incident.

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Blog Post #137 – Some Work-Related Inquests Becoming Mandatory

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

New Brunswick is moving forward with mandatory inquests for fatalities in a number of specific work environments.

On April 16, 2008, the provincial government announced amendments to the Coroners Act will be tabled to make inquests a must following fatalities at woodland operations, sawmills, processing plants (lumber, food and fish), construction sites and mining operations.

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