Jason King, a former Springhill Construction Ltd. supervisor in New Brunswick, was sentenced to three years in prison for criminal negligence causing the death of 18-year-old worker Michael Henderson in 2018. King was convicted in June 2023 for reckless disregard of safety protocols, including failing to secure a confined space and failing to warn workers of a, fatal, 2018 water pipe test which drowned the teenager. The New Brunswick Court of Appeal upheld the conviction and three-year sentence in January 2025.
Blog Post #1708 – Personal Protective Equipment – Specifically, Hard Hats
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (winter 2024)
This report was written by Gail J. Cohen, One of Canada’s most experienced and respected legal journalists and Gail is the former editor-in-chief of Canadian Lawyer, InHouse, 4Students and Law Times and their associated websites and digital initiatives.
Blog Post #1707 – Workplace Injury Results in $115,000 Fine for Leamington-based Company
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Highline Produce Limited of Leamington, Ontario, a mushroom growing company, was critically injured operating equipment for which no measures, procedures, guards or other devices where in place to prevent access to a hazard. Highline Produce Limited failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker in the workplace, a violation of section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1706 – Manitoba Fines Employer After Worker Injured in Explosion, Issues Reminder For ‘Appropriate Ventilation’
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
Manitoba has fined an employer just over $7,000 after a worker sustained “significant” injuries in an explosion
On June 23, 2020, a worker employed by Prairieview Custom Basements Inc. was working in an excavated area at a residential property, applying Rub-R-Wall foundation coating to a foundation that had been recently torch-treated to remove moisture.