A faulty gas-monitoring sensor is believed to have contributed to an incident in which 18 workers were exposed to a potentially deadly gas at a copper and zinc mine near Millertown, Newfoundland.
Blog Post #336 – $300,000 Fine Levied in Rock Crusher Death
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Alberta construction company has been fined $300,000 for its failure to protect the health and safety of a 20- year-old employee who died after becoming entangled in the unguarded tail pulley of a rock crusher.
Blog Post #327 – Resform and Supervisor Fined $53,000 Total after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Resform Construction Ltd., a Cookstown construction company specializing in formwork, was fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Justin Lowes, a supervisor with the company, was fined $3,000 in relation to the same incident.
Blog Post #322 – Omega Contractors Inc. Fined $52,000 after Worker injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Omega Contractors Inc., a London construction company, was fined $52,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.