Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Ball Construction Inc. (“Ball”) is a construction business performing design build, construction management, general contracting and special project management services.
Month: June 2021
Blog Post #1261 – Asbestos Exposure Limit Lowered
Article from the OH&S Canada magazine (July/August 2017) by Jeff Cottrill
The federal government has lowered the acceptable level of workplace exposure to airborne crisis tile asbestos two is close to zero as possible. The move was effective immediately, according to a statement that Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) issued on July 12, 2017.
Blog Post #1260 – Great Northern Insulation Fined $125,000 After Worker Fatality
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The employer was Great Northern Insulation out of Woodstock, Ontario. The young worker (25 and younger) worked out of GNI’s Gravenhurst location. On the morning of November 23, 2018, the worker and a co-worker had just left a work site in Magnetawan in their truck. The worker was driving. They had left the worksite because there was no room to park their truck. They we’re going to head to another job site. They were in the process of turning around at an intersection in Magnetawan when the driving conditions convinced them to install tire chains as the road was very slippery.
Blog Post #1259 – 4-Way Metal Fabricators Ltd. Toronto Fined $65,000 After Worker Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was placed at 4-Way Metal through an employment agency called H & H Employment Services. He had been working at 4-Way Metal for a minimal period of time when the incident occurred. 4-Way Metal is a custom metal fabrication company located in Bolton, ON.