Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Ministry of Labour (MOL) inspectors will step up enforcement of safety violations involving machinery under an enforcement initiative that will focus on machine guards and lockout.
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Blog Post #253 – Due Diligence More Than Standard
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A NOVA SCOTIA WORKER laying floor joists on the third floor of a construction project — without the aid of a life line or the support of a scaffold — is severely injured in a fall. An Alberta labourer working in the area of some scrap metal bales is crushed beneath a toppled load. Another worker in Alberta dies when a stack of fibreboard tips over.
Blog Post #252 – Worker Fined $10,000 for Providing False Information
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Lloyd Dawkins, a worker, was fined $10,000 on November 3, 2010, for knowingly providing false information to an inspector.
Blog Post #251 – Tomlinson Waste Management Inc. Fined $50,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Tomlinson Waste Management Inc. was fined $50,000 on November 4, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.