Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (December 2016)
A large grain farm in the village of Leask, Saskatchewan was fined $1,500 on October 06, 2016, for failing to report a workplace incident to the province’s oh&s authorities two years earlier.
Dan
Blog Post #1531 – Stratford Truck and Trailer Repair Company Fined $55,000 After Workplace Injury
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered an injury when a piece of wire was ejected from a grinder wire wheel. Humphrey Fleet Service Inc. failed to ensure that the worker was wearing eye protection appropriate in the circumstances, contrary to regulations and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1530 – Workplace Bullying and Harassment Legislation in Alberta
My opinion
Just to give the reader some common frame of reference, the Ontario government enacted legislation in the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) in 2010. (It has since been updated 3-4 times)
Blog Post #1529 – Workplace Accident Results in $60,000 Fine for Drayton Meat Packing Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was injured during the delivery of a steer to a holding barn. Contrary to safety procedures, Peel Meat Packers Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure a protective gate between the animal and worker was properly maintained, as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.