Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2016)
A roofing firm was fined $3,500 after a workplace inspection found employees working without proper personal protective equipment.
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Blog Post #1399 – Workplace Fatality Results in $100,000 Fine for Picton Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Otter Energy Inc. was fatally injured at the workplace while performing a task associated with the installation of solar panels at the workplace. Otter Energy Inc. failed as an employer to ensure that every reasonable precaution was taken to prevent hazards to workers from energized electrical equipment, installations, and conductors.
Blog Post #1398 – Workplace Fatality Results in $50,000 Fine for Toronto Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Goldentrust Development Inc. was the constructor for the workplace. A self-employed owner of a sub-contractor was fatally injured at the workplace when they fell approximately six meters to the bottom of an unguarded elevator shaft. Goldentrust Development Inc. failed to ensure that the opening to the elevator shaft was protected by a guardrail to prevent a worker from falling into the shaft. This is an offence under section 26.3(1) of Regulation 213/91 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1397 – Saskatchewan Village Fined for Fatality
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2016)
The village of Torquay in southern Saskatchewan was fined $30,000 on June 06, 2016, and incident in which the exposure to hydrogen sulfide claimed a worker two years ago.