Posts Categorized As: Engineering Standards

Blog Post #114 – Neff Kitchen Manufacturer Fined $75,000, Supervisors Fined $10,000 Each After Worker Killed

Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Neff Kitchen Manufacturers Limited, of Brampton, was fined $75,000 on July 7, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was killed. Two supervisors at Opportunity Labour Agency Services, a Vaughan temporary help agency, were fined $10,000 each in relation to the incident.

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Blog Post #111 – Guidance for Aggregate Operations in B.C.

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Improving worker health and safety in British Columbia’s aggregate industry has served as the driving force behind the release of a new guidebook.

The availability of “Health & Safety: A Practical Guide for Aggregate Operations” follows the death of four workers in 2007 in the aggregates industry. The accidents primarily involved gravel truck operators and quarry operations.

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