Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd., a Mississauga construction company, was fined $55,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #475 – Alberta Not Planning Changes To Code
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine – September 2010
The Alberta government has no plans to tighten the provincial building code in the wake of a weather-induced stage collapse at a music festival last year that resulted in the death of one patron and injuries to four workers.
Blog Post #474 – Stacey Electric Company Limited Fined $150,000 after Worker Killed
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Stacey Electric Company Limited, a Toronto company, was fined $150,000 on November 19, 2012, for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after one worker was killed and another worker was injured.
Blog Post #470 – Flawed Demolition Probed
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A building demolition in Vancouver went sideways in June, causing two walls to topple and send dust and rubble into the street.
At about 6 pm on June 10, 2010, workers were in the process of demolishing the building in question when an excavator knocked down a wall and it fell into the street close to a pedestrian and passing car. Shortly thereafter, another wall crumbled, toppling a light standard and sending rubble into the street near a flagger. There were no injuries.