Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was critically injured by an automatic roll-down door while operating a lift truck. Nova Cold Logistics ULC o/a Americold failed, as an employer, to ensure the bottom edge sensor on the roll-down H-Door was maintained in good condition, contrary to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (December 2016)
Canada’s national police force has reached a settlement in two class-action lawsuits regarding accusations of sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination among its members by offering a compensation package totalling a $1oo million for several hundred women who have served with the force over the past 42 years.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was seriously injured while repairing the brakes on a motor home. Bert’s Truck and Trailer Repair Inc. failed, as an employer, to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for preventing an elevated vehicle from falling on a worker were carried out, as outlined in section 74 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (December 2016)
A vegetable-processing company in the community of Delhi, Ontario was fined $54,000 on October 20, 2016over a worker’s permanent injury.