Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was found unconscious inside a tank that carried nitrogen. The worker died from asphyxiation.
Blog Post #1004 – Company Sentenced for Fatality in a Confined Space
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Ontario company that provides washing services to industrial vehicles was fined $105,000 on December 20, 2018 over a worker fatality in January 2017.
Blog Post #915 – Trench Collapse Yields Penalty
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A court fined Toronto firm Utility Force Inc. $75,000 on October 7, 2016, over a fatal trench collapse more than two years earlier.
Blog Post #894 – Cleaning Crew Affected by Carbon Monoxide, Employer Fined $75,000
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Ground Maintenance Cleaning Contractors Inc. (GMCC Inc.), a property maintenance business, pleaded guilty and was fined $75,000 for failing to protect the health and safety of a crew of workers from exposure to carbon monoxide gas in a parking garage. One of the workers collapsed on site and later died.