Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2017)
The Vernon School District was fined $628, 034, following the renovation of property that turned out to have asbestos-containing materials in it.
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.
Blog Post #1578 – Cable Mishap Injures Worker in Chatham
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
A worker was hurt when a passing vehicle struck a cable at a road construction worksite in Chatham, Ontario on February 28, 2017.
Blog Post #1577 – Barn Collapse Yields Fine in Grimsby
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
An independent construction professional based in Grimsby, Ontario was fined $20,000 on February 2017, after a barn collapsed while under construction more than two years before.