Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Stouffville Glass, Inc., was fatally injured while hoisting an exterior building panel into place. The employer failed to comply with section 179 of Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (December 2016)
A large grain farm in the village of Leask, Saskatchewan was fined $1,500 on October 06, 2016, for failing to report a workplace incident to the province’s oh&s authorities two years earlier.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered an injury when a piece of wire was ejected from a grinder wire wheel. Humphrey Fleet Service Inc. failed to ensure that the worker was wearing eye protection appropriate in the circumstances, contrary to regulations and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
My opinion
Just to give the reader some common frame of reference, the Ontario government enacted legislation in the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) in 2010. (It has since been updated 3-4 times)