Posts Categorized As: Fall Protection

Blog Post #1745 – Workplace Injuries Result in $120,000 Fine for Toronto-based Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Glencore Canada Corporation of Toronto, Ontario, a mining, recycling and critical minerals company involved in mining operations, suffered critical injuries from a fall after Glencore Canada Corporation committed the offence of failing, as an employer, to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1744 – Workplace Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Burlington-based Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Stobag North America Corporation of Burlington, Ontario, a manufacturer of sun shading systems including awnings, canopies and blinds, sustained critical injuries after a fall from an elevated work platform that was struck by a moving toolbar. The company failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1719 – Toronto Contractor Fined $80,000 After Workplace Fatality

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 A worker, employed by KAS Aluminum & Copper Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario, a contractor that installs windows, eavestroughs and siding, was fatally injured falling from a roof. The company failed to ensure the worker was using fall protection when exposed to the hazard of falling more than three metres, contrary to section 26.1(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 as required by section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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