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Blog Post #1219 – Worker Injury Leads to Second Conviction for Bakery

  • Feb 15 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 A worker, employed by FGF Brands Inc. suffered critical injuries after being caught in a dough machine at their Locke Street, Concord, Ontario facility.

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Blog Post #1218 – Act Seeks to Protect Interns

  • Feb 14 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Two NDP MPs have tabled a private members Bill aimed at protecting the rights of federally-regulated interns.

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Blog Post #1217 – Broken Rope Injures Worker on Burlington Bridge, Company Fined $150,000

  • Feb 13 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by K-Line Maintenance and Construction Limited of Stouffville, Ontario. K-Line is a company that provides high voltage electrical construction and power services. was critically injured when a rope broke and struck workers.

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Blog Post #1216 – Worker Injury Results in $45,000 Fine for Guelph Manufacturer

  • Feb 11 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Skyjack, a manufacturer of elevated material handling equipment such as boom trucks and scissor lifts, suffered a critical injury after falling from a boom truck at the company’s workplace is at 201 Woodlawn Road West, Guelph, Ontario.

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Blog Post #1215 – Recommendations Issued

  • Feb 09 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

An independent committee examining healthcare at an agency in soap Western Ontario has issued 32 recommendations aimed at improving staff morale and addressing workload and scheduling issues.

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Blog Post #1214 – Worker’s Fatal Fall Results in $400,000 Fine for Mississauga Company with Record of Convictions

  • Feb 07 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

While giving a tour of the facility of a decommissioned cement plant located in Zorra Township, Ontario to contractors, a worker fell from a walkway that had corroded and could not support the worker’s weight. The worker later died in hospital.

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Blog Post #1213 – Bill to Increase Protection in Ontario

  • Jan 31 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Following its election victory on June 12, 2014, Ontario’s Liberal government re-introduced Bill 146 to increase protections for vulnerable workers.

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Blog Post #1212 – Worker’s Critical Injury Results in $70,000 Fine for Cobourg Company

  • Jan 30 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker suffered a critical injury after being caught in operating machinery on February 15, 2018. The worker was employed by Belden Canada Inc. from Cobourg, Ontario, a company that produces and sells connectivity and networking products to a variety of markets, including industrial and broadcasting.

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Blog Post #1211 – Miner Struck by Ore

  • Jan 24 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

A miner in northern Ontario is died after being struck by or while working underground.

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Blog Post #1210 – Critical Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Kitchener Company

  • Jan 17 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 A worker was critically injured while installing a printing plate on a printing machine on January 17, 2018. The worker was employed by THS Industries Ltd., of Kitchener, Ontario, a company that manufactures steel nails.

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Blog Post #1209 – Overcrowding Hikes Risk

  • Jan 16 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine The Saskatchewan Governmental Employees’ Union (SGEU) has charged that poisonous work environments in the province’s prison system could spark violence that threatens the safety of correctional officers.

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Blog Post #1208 – Forestry Worker’s Death Results in $80,000 Fine for Logging Company

  • Jan 12 2021
  • | by Dan

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was killed when the boom of a tree de-limbing machine released. The worker was an employee of D & G Logging Ltd., 168 Government Road, Kapuskasing, Ontario, a small logging company near Manitouwadge, Ontario.

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