Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
South Essex Fabricating Inc., a fabricator of commercial greenhouse structures and pre-engineered buildings situated in Leamington, Ontario, failed to shore the walls of a trench as required under section 234(1) of Regulation 213/91 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
A worker was hurt when a passing vehicle struck a cable at a road construction worksite in Chatham, Ontario on February 28, 2017.
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.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Jan. 2017)
Nearly three months after the death of a sewer worker, the City of Edmonton announced a review of the safety culture of municipal workplaces on January 25, 2017. But a spokesperson says the review, which will examine the three distinct areas of people, processes, and technology, is not a response to the sewer tragedy, but a part of a general safety initiative that the city has already launched.