Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Smith Steel & Fabrication Inc. pleaded guilty and was fined $28,000 on December 3, 2009, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after failing to comply with an order. Leonard Eagle, director of the company, was fined $8,000.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
More than a thousand workers were sent home from Suncor Energy Inc. Millenium Coker Unit about 25 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alberta after a fire broke out.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The suffocation death of an employee inspecting a nitrogen-hauling tank in August, 2005 has landed CVA Canada Inc. penalties totaling $325,000.
It is not just that the law says that certain organizations must have JHSCs (joint health and safety committees) , the legal driving force behind the committee is ‘Due Diligence’. A company or individual that fails to establish a legally-required JHSC has no chance of making out a due diligence defence. The result is exposure to liability under OHS laws and even criminal liability under Bill C-45.