‘A concrete way to prevent suicide’: CRH Canada Group brands its trucks to raise mental health awareness This statement and the following report, was written by Todd Humber and reported by OH&S Canada magazine, winter 2023. A very special thank you to Todd Humber, the senior editor of the OH&S Canada magazine. The pandemic put … Continue Reading
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Fourwinds Construction Inc. of Concord, Ontario, was fatally injured at a road widening project. Fourwinds Construction Inc. failed to ensure a headwall was stored in a way that did not endanger a worker, as required by section 37(1) of Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Description of Offence: Two workers were injured when a section of an unbraced masonry block wall collapsed.
Fortis Construction Group Inc. failed, as a constructor, to ensure that the wall was adequately braced as required by section 31(1)(b) of Regulation 213/91, a violation of section 23(1)(b) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The company involved was Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Limited, a company that manufactured and serviced tank trucks, from Nepean, Ontario. The company’s director was Neil Greene.