Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
An independent construction professional based in Grimsby, Ontario was fined $20,000 on February 2017, after a barn collapsed while under construction more than two years before.
Blog Post #1556 – Workplace Fatality Results in $120,000 Fine for Lucan, Ontario-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured due to carbon monoxide exposure following a fire in an oil‐lubricated air compressor. OJB Industries Inc. of Lucan, Ontario, failed, as an employer, to ensure that measures and procedures prescribed by section 10(5) of Ontario Regulation 833, CONTROL OF EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL OR CHEMICAL AGENTS, were carried out at a workplace contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1553 – Two Oxford County Construction Companies Fined a Total of $400,000 After Workplace Fatalities and Injuries
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers died and four others were critically injured when a section of a building under construction collapsed. iSpan Systems LP (iSpan) failed to ensure that a building, structure or any part thereof, was capable of supporting any loads that may be applied to it. East Elgin Concrete Forming Ltd. (East Elgin) failed to provide proper information, instruction and supervision, specifically on the use of proper concrete measuring techniques on the project. Both offences are contrary to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1546 – Greater Sudbury Mining and Construction Contractor Fined $125,000 After Workplace Injury
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was critically injured when a construction drill rig tipped on uneven ground and struck them. Consbec Inc. failed to ensure the worker had been provided sufficient information, instruction and supervision on the safe operation of the drill rig. Consbec Inc. is a surface and underground mining and civil construction contractor.