Posts Categorized As: Construction

Blog Post #1584 – Construction Company and Director Fined $117,500 Total After Worker Fatally Injured

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by VanHeughten Contractors Inc. of Delhi, Ontario, was fatally injured after falling approximately five metres from a roof. VanHeughten Contractors Inc. failed to ensure the measures and procedures prescribed under section 26.1(2) of Regulation 213/91 were carried out in the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Kyle VanHeughten failed, as a director of VanHeughten Contractors Inc., to take all reasonable care to ensure that the corporation complied with section 26.1(2) of Regulation 213/91 contrary to section 32(a) of the Act.

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Blog Post #1575 – Mississauga Roofing Company Convicted

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine A roofing company in Mississauga, Ontario was fined $57,500 on March 01, 2017 for its role in a falling incident that seriously injured an employee. According to a court bulletin from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Paiva Roofing Ltd., was working on a roof of an industrial business at … Continue Reading