Blog Post #1483 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Brantford Roofing Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

On July 30, 2021, five workers, employed by Jackson Roofing & Son Contracting Inc. of Brantford, Ontario, were on the rooftop of a portable classroom at an elementary school. None of the workers were wearing fall protection, nor were there guardrails or barriers around the roof perimeter of the portable.

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Blog Post #1481 – Countertop Manufacturer Fined $50,000 After Worker Seriously Injured in London

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Hyundai L and C Canada Inc., operating as HanStone Canada, Moncton, New Brunswick, was injured after falling from a crumbler machine. The worker had just finished cleaning the front of the crumbler when the incident occurred. The worker was working on an unguarded rail on the machine, and was returning to a platform, when the incident occurred. The worker was unaware the machine should only be cleaned from the platform, which was protected by a guardrail. The employer failed to provide information, instruction, and supervision to the worker on the safe cleaning of the crumbler machine.

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