Written by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Article from the OH&S Canada magazine – (Nov. 2021)
Harassment and violence in the workplace can take many forms and it doesn’t always have a single perpetrator and victim.
Blog Post #1429 – Workplace Injury Results in $90,000 Fine for Grocery Store Chain
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.
Blog Post #1428 – Worker Fatality During Electrical Maintenance Results in $200,000 Fine for Toronto Hydro
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited, an electric utility that owns and operates the electricity distribution system for the City of Toronto, suffered a fatal injury while performing work in an underground electrical vault.
Blog Post #1427 – Better Protections Needed in Prince Edward Island
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2015)
Following the sentencing of a patient at a Charlottetown mental-health hospital for assaulting a worker, the union representing the facility’s staff has met with the hospital administration regarding violence against employees.