March 2015 - HRSGroup - Providing Occupational Health and Safety Training

Blog Post #549 – Ministry Weighs Pre-Pay Need Because of Gas-and-Dash

March 29, 2015
Dan
Blog, Employer Responsibilities, Employment Standard, Engineering Standards, Events, Health and Safety, Healthcare, Industrial, Mining, Ontario Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine A gas station attendant who was fatally injured in a recent gas-and-dash has Ontario’s Labour ministry considering whether or not to impose or prepay...

Blog Post #548 – Essar Steel Algoma Ltd. Fined $250,000

March 24, 2015
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Federal, Industrial

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ Essar Steel Algoma Ltd., a manufacturer of steel products, was fined $250,000 total for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after...

Blog Post #547 – Getting Strict With Violators

March 15, 2015
Dan
Alberta Safety, Blog, Construction, Employer Responsibilities, Employment Standard, Engineering Standards, Events, Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine Alberta is implementing stricter guidelines for a certificate of recognition(COR) system to ensure improved scrutiny of core holding COR-holding companies that experience a work-related...

Blog Post #546 – Paramount Structures Fined $50,000, Supervisor and Worker Also Fined after Equipment Falls from Condo Construction Site

March 11, 2015
Dan
Blog, Construction, Demolition, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Events, Excavations, Health and Safety, Ontario Health and Safety

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ Paramount Structures Ltd. of Bolton, a supervisor and a worker were fined a total of $55,000 after equipment fell from a condominium building...