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Blog Post #1611 – Workplace Injury Results in $55,000 Fine for St. Thomas-based Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 Gary D. Robinson Contracting Ltd. of St. Thomas, Ontario, failed to ensure that steel trusses were transported, placed or stored in a manner that would not tip, collapse or fall, as required by section 45(b)(i) of Regulation 851/90, a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1610 – Workplace Injury Leads to $70,000 in Fines for London Flooring Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by BNE Concrete Floors & Coatings Inc. of Cambridge, Ontario, was critically injured after prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed under section 47(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The company also failed to immediately notify an inspector of a critical injury at the workplace, contrary to section 51(1) of the Act.

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