Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A slab of cement on the inside of a concrete mixer fell on a worker, sending the 37-year-old man to a Calgary hospital with serious injuries on September 10, 2010.
Blog Post #91 – Unfunded Liability Takes A Big Jump
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Legislated changes to employee benefits, along with poor investment returns, have caused the unfunded liability of Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to skyrocket more than $2 billion.
The WSIB’s annual report for 2007, released just in October, shows the liability grew from $5.997 billion in 2006 to $8.094 billion in 2007.
Bill 187, affecting the benefits for 155,000 workers, saw payments increase by 2.5 per cent; Bill 221, which ensures firefighters are compensated for work-related cancers and heart attacks, was made retroactive to 1960. Together, the moves increase benefits by $750 million.
Blog Post #81 – Fer-Pal Construction Ltd. Fined $90,000 After Worker Seriously Injured
Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
Fer-Pal Construction Ltd. a Toronto company that does water main construction, was fined $90,000 on May 12, 2009, for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #77 – United Hoist Equipment Ltd. Fined $65,000 After Worker Critically Injured
Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
United Hoist Equipment Ltd., a Bolton company that sells, services and rents personnel hoists, was fined $65,000 on May 14, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), after a worker was critically injured.