Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2024)
Amico Contractors Inc. has been fined $80,000 after two workers were injured falling from a work platform.
Blog Post #1662 – Workplace Injury Leads to $80,000 Fine for Ottawa-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd. of Ottawa, Ontario, a concrete contractor, was injured when moving a fly form, a system used for supporting poured concrete slabs on buildings during construction. The company failed to ensure the fly form was stored and moved in a manner that did not endanger the worker, as required by section 37(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1659 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Brampton-based Construction Contractor
Report from the government of ‘Ontario’s Newsroom’
A worker, Frontline Cable and Gas Services Inc., of Brantford, Ontario, an excavating contractor, employed by was fatally injured when the employer failed to install blocking required to prevent the collapse or movement of a piece of equipment being repaired. The employer failed to ensure that the provisions of section 108 of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were complied with at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1653 – Ottawa Flooring Company Fined $100,000 After Worker Injured
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Southgate Carpets Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario, a flooring company that also performs small renovations, fell from the top of a wall of a building being demolished.