Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The Town of New Glasgow in Nova Scotia must pay $25,000 and various other penalties following a trench collapse two years ago that claimed the life of a worker.
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Blog Post #293 – Farm Owner Fined $3,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
James Douglas Warner, operating as Warner Orchards in Beamsville, was fined $3,000 on January 21, 2011, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.
Blog Post #292 – Bruce Power Inc. Fined $80,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Bruce Power Inc., a nuclear power generation plant, was fined $80,000 on January 14, 2011, for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #291 – Drum Technician Crushed after Concert Stage Collapses
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
In what is becoming an all-too-common occurrence in the summer months, an outdoor concert stage in Ontario has collapsed, leaving a mess of tangled steel, one worker dead and a lot of questions for the province’s safety regulator to sift through.’