Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was injured after becoming caught in a moving cable and suffered a critical injury at the Highline Produce Limited company’s principal facility at 506 Mersea Road 5, Leamington, Ontario.
Blog Post #1187 – Worker’s Permanent Injury Results in $100,000 Fine for Ottawa Remediation Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Clean Water Works Inc., an Ottawa-based company that provides environmental remediation services such as hazardous waste disposal, tank cleaning, contaminated soils and lagoon cleanings as well as plumbing and sewer rehabilitation services to the residential, commercial, industrial and institutional sectors, received a permanent critical injury after being caught in a moving conveyor.
Blog Post #1186 – Multiple Convictions Lead to Jail Term for Belleville Roofer
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was observed by a Ministry of Labour inspector working on a pitched roof without wearing fall protection as required by law. Fall protection contraventions are considered to be one of the ‘killer contraventions’ within the Province of Ontario and are treated extremely seriously by the Ministry of Labour.
Blog Post #1185 – WCB Nova Scotia Announces Further Support for Employers During COVID-19
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Employers who have front-line workers contract COVID-19 due to their work Will not have the costs of those workplace injury insurance claims impact their industry rate for individual experience rating, the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) of Nova Scotia announced May 29, 2020.