Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Alberta oil worker who succumbed to his injuries after suffering a crushing impact to the head became the third worker in the province to die in as many days in October.
Blog Post #487 – Facca Incorporated Fined $60,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Facca Incorporated, an Essex County heavy construction contractor, was fined $60,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #485 – Coco Paving Inc. Fined $170,000 after Worker Killed
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Coco Paving Inc., a Tecumseh road constructor, was fined $170,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed.
Blog Post #482 – Workers Allege Mistreatment
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A British Columbia work camp was shut down amid allegations of unsafe work conditions and employment standards violations.
On July 21, 2010, a group of workers publicly alleged that they had been mistreated by their employer, Khaira Enterprises Ltd., while working at the company’s silviculture camp near Golden, British Columbia, says a spokesperson for the Ministry of Labour in Victoria. “The conditions they described include a lack of proper sanitation and clean drinking water, inadequate food and shelter and unpaid wages,” the spokesperson says.