Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The suffocation death of an employee inspecting a nitrogen-hauling tank in August, 2005 has landed CVA Canada Inc. penalties totaling $325,000.
Blog Post #105 – Telecommunications Company Fined $200,000 After Two Workers Killed
Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
The Wesbell Group of Technologies Inc., a Toronto telecommunications company, was fined $200,000 on July 21, 2009, for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after two workers were killed.
Blog Post #43 – Lafarge Canada Inc. Fined $350,000 After Worker Killed
Found in the Government of Ontario Newsroom
Lafarge Canada Inc., a manufacturer of construction material, pleaded guilty way back on January 20, 2010 to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that caused the death of a worker. The company was fined $350,000.
Blog Post #26 – Three Lives Lost in a Confined Space
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The lack of training or just the lack of understanding of a confined space and its associated hazards was at the heart of an accident at a Quebec campsite. This happens a few years ago, (August 2004, to be exact) and an employee of Camping Lac Du Repos, located in the municipality of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, was trying to unclog the outlet pipe of the campground’s septic system when the deadly events were set in motion.