Dan Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Essar Steel Algoma Inc. was fined $300,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that caused a worker’s death. The company was fined another $25,000 for a different OHSA violation after a worker was injured in a separate incident.
Written by Cheryl Edwards,
May 2008
By way of reminder, Bill C-45 amended the Criminal Code to create new duties and possible criminal liability for individuals and organizations, which include corporations. Because of the complexity of these Criminal Code requirements, and the amount of time that has been passed since they became law in March 2004, answers to key questions about Bill C-45 amendments are set out below, as follows.
Excerpt from the Regina Leader Post
Bunge Canada Holdings of Halifax, N.S., has pleaded guilty to one count under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act for failing to ensure that a worker did not work within 4.6 metres of an exposed energized conductor. The company was fined $42,000 in Nipawin Provincial Court on Jan. 25, 2011.
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Fripes Export Ltd., a large used clothing procurement, grading and re-distribution business, located in Toronto, was fined $50,000 on October 13, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.