Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Improving worker health and safety in British Columbia’s aggregate industry has served as the driving force behind the release of a new guidebook.
The availability of “Health & Safety: A Practical Guide for Aggregate Operations” follows the death of four workers in 2007 in the aggregates industry. The accidents primarily involved gravel truck operators and quarry operations.
Excerpts from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
Bondfield Construction Company Limited and BMC Masonry (2032686 Ontario Limited), both of Concord, yesterday were fined $75,000 and $50,000 respectively for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A slab of cement on the inside of a concrete mixer fell on a worker, sending the 37-year-old man to a Calgary hospital with serious injuries on September 10, 2010.
Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
Fer-Pal Construction Ltd. a Toronto company that does water main construction, was fined $90,000 on May 12, 2009, for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), after a worker was injured.