Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Advanced Building Innovation Company Inc. of Nepean, Ontario, a maker of prefabricated homes for construction sites, was injured by an automatic nailing machine while performing repairs. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure the machine was properly locked out, contrary to section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 and section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by New Horizon Development Group (Waterdown) Inc. of Burlington, Ontario, a construction company, fell from the roof of a building under construction. New Horizon failed to ensure there were warning signs posted about the fall hazard, as required by section 23(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. TKEM Electric failed to provide information, instruction or supervision related to the fall hazard as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Hydro One Networks Inc., of Toronto, Ontario, a power supply company, and Gregory Diebold, a supervisor, was critically injured after a copper wire they were holding, made contact with a live powerline. Hydro One failed to ensure that work performed on or near electrical transmission or distribution systems was performed in accordance with section 132 of the Electrical Utility Safety Rules as required by section 181 of Ontario Regulation 213/91. The supervisor failed to take every reasonable precaution to prevent hazards to workers from energized electrical equipment, installations and conductors, as required by section 183 of the Regulation.
Initial Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2023)
A worker at New Brunswick Power was killed on the job on Jan. 17, 2023 according to the utility.