Excerpts from the OHS Canada magazine
A mechanical contracting firm in St. John’s, NFLD, has been charged with two workplace safety violations in connection with an incident in March, 2008.
Blog Post #47 – Vale Closes Furnace at ‘Copper Cliff’ Smelter
By The Canadian Press
Vale (VALE-N) closed its No. 2 flash furnace in Sudbury early on Sunday morning Feb. 6 after molten metal leaked out between the tapping block and the furnace, the company has confirmed.
The failure of a tapping block on the northeast wall of the furnace caused the metal leak, which then ruptured cooling water lines and caused a reaction in the furnace.
Blog Post #44 – Shame, Shame on You, Alberta!!!!!
Two construction companies have been fined in the death of a little girl who was hit by debris from a Calgary worksite.
Blog Post #39 – Electrical Apprentice Killed on the Job
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Lockerbie & Hole Eastern Inc., a Brantford construction firm, was fined $250,000 on September 29, 2009, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was killed.