Posts Categorized As: Employer Responsibilities

Blog Post #1743 – North York-Based Company Fined $140,000, Supervisor Fined $7,000 After Serious Workplace Injury

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Fer-Pal Construction Ltd., 171 Fenmar Drive, North York, Ontario, a trenchless technology company involved in water main rehabilitation, suffered serious injuries after being exposed to hot water while working on a water main. Fer-Pal Construction Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 71 of O. Reg. 213/91: Construction Projects were carried out, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Additionally, Antonio Visconti, as a supervisor, contravened section 27(1)(a) of the Act.

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Blog Post #1741 – Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace

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Report Created by the CSA Group for the Fall 2025 OH&S Canada magazine

Mental health challenges among Canadian workers are on the rise, with serious implications for employers, employees, and the broader economy. Olga Morawczynski, co-founder and CEO of Heal-3, and CSA public policy fellow who authored the report Navigating the Mental Health Crisis in Canada: The Critical Role of Employers, offers her perspective on what is driving these trends and how organizations can take action.

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Blog Post #1740 – Workplace Injury Results in $135,000 Fine for Vancouver Mining Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by DMC Mining Services Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, an underground mining company, was injured while removing an extra power cable from the wall of a mine shaft. The company failed, as an employer, to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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