Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by SL Marketing, Orillia, Ontario suffered a non-life-threatening injury when a concrete structure collapsed on top of the worker’s excavator.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Kurtis Smith Excavating Inc., a sewer and watermain contractor from Brussels, Ontario was killed when a 1,600-pound bollard made of steel and cement fell into an excavation and struck a worker on May 30, 2018.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The death of a pipelayer in a trench two years ago is under review by the RCMP, following an investigation by WorkSafeBC.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Great Lakes Copper Ltd. of London, Ontario, a company that operates a copper tube mill, suffered critical injuries when a machine was unintentionally activated.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A customer was injured by products that fell from a moving forklift driven by a Loblaws worker at the Superstore located at 825 Oxford Street East, London, Ontario.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Aug. 2014)
The government of the Northwest Territories (NWT) Will start developing regulations that will set out filing requirements for projects involving hydraulic fracturing.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was killed after jumping from a truck that was rolling backward and downhill at a culvert and bridge rehabilitation project north of Elliot Lake on Highway 639. The worker was employed by Teranorth Construction & Engineering Ltd. of Sudbury, Ontario; a business focusing on highway construction, municipal infrastructure and site development.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered a critical injury after falling off a ladder while trying to access the roof of the workplace. There was no safe means to access the roof. The worker was an employee of Maxill Inc., 80 Elm Street, St. Thomas, Ontario, a company that manufactures infection control products.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Fatalities in the British Columbia fishing sector have declined sharply over the past decade, the Transportation safety Board of Canada (TSB) reports.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An excavator came into contact with energized wires when its boom was lifted; workers were present.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two firefighters were injured while trying to re-inflate part of an inflatable boat that was being used during a training exercise. They were employed with the Corporation of the City of London, Ontario.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A class-action Lawsuit alleging the defendant’s acted recklessly and unreasonably has been filed against the operators of a tour bus involved in a fatal rollover at Jasper National Park’s Columbia Ice Field.