Posts Categorized As: Elevating Work Platforms

Blog Post #1429 – Workplace Injury Results in $90,000 Fine for Grocery Store Chain

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Two workers employed by Farm Boy Company Inc. were dismantling a walk-in cooler at a warehouse facility in the Ottawa area. One of the workers used a scissor lift elevated work platform to step on the roof of the cooler to unscrew metal plates attached to the roof panels. The roof collapsed, causing the worker, who was not wearing fall protection, to fall over 10 feet to the concrete floor below. The worker sustained injuries as a result. The accident happened on June 01, 2021.

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Blog Post #1416 – Workplace Fatality Results in $20,000 Fine for Supervisor of a Toronto Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker employed by L.Z. Refrigeration Inc. was fatally injured at the workplace while operating an Elevating Work Platform (EWP). Yuqin Liu failed as a supervisor to ensure that a worker worked in a manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. They also failed to provide the worker with oral and written instructions or training on the operation of an EWP which includes instructions with respect to the owner’s manual.

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