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.
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.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
Two companies have been fined a total of $400,000 after two workers were killed and four others critically injured when a section of a building under construction in London, Ont., collapsed.
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Ottawa Pavemaster, of Ottawa, Ontario, a construction company that performs asphalt paving, was fatally injured by a truck that was backing up. The company failed to ensure the driver of the truck was assisted by a signaller contrary to Section 104(3) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, an offence under Section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Section 25(1)(c) of the Act states that “an employer shall ensure, that the measures and procedures prescribed are carried out in the workplace.”