Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
Jeff Gooch, a construction site foreman, has been acquitted of criminal negligence causing the death of one of his workers by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.
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Blog Post #1695 – 10 Ways Employers can Help Improve Worker Safety
Created by Norm Keith is an OH&S Lawyer and published July 30, 2024
Report published – OH&S Canada magazine (Fall 2024)
After four decades of advising and representing management and employers in occupational health and safety law matters across the country, I have significant experience with effective safety programs. That being said, it’s not usually the length of the safety policy or the program documents that determine the best program. Rather, employers who invest in a simple, practical, and effective safety program consistently get the best results. They generally have the least number of incidents, worker injuries and fatalities. Based on my experience, I have come up with a straightforward set of recommendations for employers to consider in this article.
Blog Post #1694 – Toronto Construction Company and Two Supervisors Fined $625,000 Total After Worker Fatality
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Limen Group Construction of Toronto, Ontario, was fatally injured by a falling concrete block. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 172(1) of Ontario Regulation 213 were carried out at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. It also failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Act. The two supervisors failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 27(2)(c) of the Act.
Blog Post #1693 – Workplace Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Mississauga Construction Company
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Cachet Homes Corp. of Mississauga, Ontario, a residential construction company, sustained critical injuries after falling from the second floor of a home under construction. The company failed, as an constructor, to ensure that a wooden guardrail system was securely fastened, as required by section 26.3(7) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, contrary section 23(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.