Posts Categorized As: Engineering Standards

Blog Post #159 – Fall Protection – Section 26 of the Construction Regulation 213/91- Eighth in Series

April 4, 2020November 5, 2011 by Dan

Section 26.4, sub-section 1 states, “A travel restraint system shall consist of a full body harness with adequate attachment points or a safety belt.” My opinion If any company is still using body belts then they should have their collective heads examined. The damage to the mid section, in the event of a fall, for … Continue Reading

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Blog Post #158 – Minor Injuries Follow Beam Collapse

April 4, 2020October 31, 2011 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine

Four construction workers at a sports complex that will serve as the practice facility for the Montreal Canadiens escaped with only minor injuries after a portion of the structure collapsed on February 25, 2011.

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Blog Post #157 – Sousa Ready Mix Fined $80,000 After Worker Injured

April 4, 2020October 30, 2011 by Dan

Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Sousa Ready Mix (1011786 Ontario Inc.) of Glenburnie was fined $80,000 on October 22, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.

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Blog Post #150 – Wrong Decision Made by the Forklift Driver

April 3, 2020October 13, 2011 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine

A deadly accident at a residential housing project has landed Elderston Manor Estates Inc. a $180,000 penalty.

On August 3, 2006, a delivery truck driver for Mansteel Inc. was bringing a load of steel bearing plates and shims to the site in Vaughan, Ontario, north of Toronto. The 100 plates, each weighing about 17 pounds, were in a steel barrel on the flatbed truck, the MOL notes.

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