Posts Categorized As: Construction

Blog Post #52 – T.K.S. Holdings Inc. And Supervisor Fined $55,000 Total After Partial Building Collapse

Excerpts from the Ontario Government Newsroom

T.K.S. Holdings Inc., an Ottawa real estate and construction company, pleaded guilty and was fined $50,000 on January 15, 2010, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a partial building collapse. The owner of the building and the company, Tony Shahrasebi, pleaded guilty and was fined $5,000.

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Blog Post #45 – Atlas Dewatering Corporation Fined

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Atlas Dewatering Corporation, a Concord company dealing in groundwater control, was fined $75,000 on February 10 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was critically injured. Patrick Maher, a supervisor with the company, was fined $6,000 in relation to the same incident.

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