Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015). An industrial accident at a construction site in Peterborough, Ontario has killed a 56-year-old male worker during the ongoing expansion of the city’s Bensfort Landfill.
Blog Post #1243 – Social Worker Killed in Fire
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Aug. 2014)
A community in northern Ontario is mourning the loss of Children’s Aid worker Nicole Belair, who died on May 13, 2014 after succumbing to burn injuries from a building fire that had occurred on the previous day.
Blog Post #1149 – Injury from Machine in Brampton Results in $60,000 Fine for Baked Goods Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Give and Go Prepared Foods Corporation, a manufacturer of baked goods, had an employee suffer permanent injury after reaching into a sugar-sifting machine while it was operating. The accident happened at the company’s facility at 725 Intermodal Drive, Brampton, Ontario on June 13, 2017.
Blog Post #1146 – Worker Fatality Results in $325,000 Fine for Coco Paving
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An employee of Coco Paving Inc., 949 Wilson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, a heavy civil construction company, was killed when steel casing rolled while being moved by a forklift. The accident happened on November 2, 2015 on a road reconstruction project on Highway 7 near Sciberras Road in Markham, Ontario.