Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by GF Rebar Inc. of London, Ontario, a company that designs, fabricates and installs concrete reinforcing steel (rebar) and wire mesh for construction projects, was struck and injured by material that fell off a trailer during the loading process (2018); another worker suffered a permanent injury while processing material in a machine (2019).
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (October 2014) Ontario’s Ministry of Labour has laid 22 Occupational Health & Safety charges against two companies and three individuals, following a dramatic helicopter rescue late last year. (2013) On December 17, 2013, the crane operator was working at a construction project in Kingston, Ontario when he suffered burns … Continue Reading
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Aecon Construction Ontario East Ltd of Carp, Ontario, a company in the business of asphalt paving and construction, received critical injuries after contact with a reversing bulldozer. The operator of the bulldozer should have had the assistance of a signaller watching for people who may have been in the path of the bulldozer.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers, employed at the Southlake Regional Centre, were injured as a result of workplace violence exercised by a patient.