Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2024)
A small construction company and its director have been fined $117,500 after pleading guilty to violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act in an Ontario court.
Blog Post #1669 – Stockyard Fined $325,000 After One Worker Killed and Another Injured
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2023)
On May 14, 2024, Spiritwood Stockyards (1984) Ltd. pleaded guilty in Spiritwood Provincial Court to two violations of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020.
Blog Post #1648 – Construction Project Supervisor Fined $10,000 After Workplace Injury
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Ryan Wilkes is a project supervisor employed by The Lake Partnership Inc. A worker fell through an opening in the floor of a home under construction. Mr. Wilkes failed, as a supervisor, to ensure that the worker was protected by a guardrail or protective covering as required by section 26.3(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 27(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1638 – Two Companies Fined $230,000 Total After Workplace Fatality
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by New Horizon Development Group (Waterdown) Inc. of Burlington, Ontario, a construction company, fell from the roof of a building under construction. New Horizon failed to ensure there were warning signs posted about the fall hazard, as required by section 23(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. TKEM Electric failed to provide information, instruction or supervision related to the fall hazard as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Act.