Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Kingdom Construction Limited was fined $105,000 on October 19, 2009, for a contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was killed.
Blog Post #152 – Kraus Inc. Fined $60,000 After Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Kraus Inc., a Waterloo carpet manufacturer, was fined $60,000 on October 19, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #151 – Confined Space Death at Sure Fresh Foods Inc.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
In early January, Sure Fresh Foods Inc. entered a single guilty plea for its failure to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker regarding confined space entry procedures.
A $150,000 fine has been levied against a chicken-processing company in Barrie, Ontario following the death of a worker in April, 2006.
Blog Post #150 – Wrong Decision Made by the Forklift Driver
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A deadly accident at a residential housing project has landed Elderston Manor Estates Inc. a $180,000 penalty.
On August 3, 2006, a delivery truck driver for Mansteel Inc. was bringing a load of steel bearing plates and shims to the site in Vaughan, Ontario, north of Toronto. The 100 plates, each weighing about 17 pounds, were in a steel barrel on the flatbed truck, the MOL notes.