Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by TMI Contracting and Equipment Rental Ltd. of Richmond Hill, Ontario, was fatally struck by a dump truck at a landfill site. The employer failed to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for a signaller were carried out, as outlined in 106(3) of Regulation 213/91 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The defendant failed to provide for the safe installation of siding and trim on a house from a height. Richard D. Steele Construction (1979) Ltd. failed as an employer to ensure that the requirements of section 125(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 (Construction Projects) were carried out at the project, and thereby violated section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was injured falling from a platform. Delta Elevator Company Limited failed to provide a guardrail, as required under section 26.1(1) of the Regulation for Construction Projects, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
The Dollar Tree location in downtown Victoria was temporarily closed after an inspection by WorkSafeBC, because of crumbling floor tiles containing asbestos.