Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Cerelia Bakery of Vancouver, British Columbia, was critically injured after accessing an unguarded pinch point on a conveyor. Cerelia Bakery failed, as an employer, to ensure that the conveyor was guarded to prevent access to the pinch point, as required by section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Article written by Todd Humber, senior editor of the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2023)
The car was covered in mud, pushed off a British Columbia highway by a landslide in the Rocky Mountains.
Inside the vehicle were two people — an employee of Crescent Point Energy and her husband, who were on vacation. Her phone, though, was in full work mode and the safety app provided by her employer enabled her to send a message to emergency services.
‘A concrete way to prevent suicide’: CRH Canada Group brands its trucks to raise mental health awareness This statement and the following report, was written by Todd Humber and reported by OH&S Canada magazine, winter 2023. A very special thank you to Todd Humber, the senior editor of the OH&S Canada magazine. The pandemic put … Continue Reading
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Saturn Tool & Die (Windsor) Inc. of Oldcastle, Ontario, an automotive parts manufacturer, was fatally injured while troubleshooting a stamping press. Saturn Tool failed to ensure that the motion of any part of the press that could endanger a worker was stopped and blocked during maintenance work, as required by section 75 of Ontario ‘Industrial Establishments’ Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.