Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers Inc., a farming operation in the municipality of Norfolk County, failed to isolate workers after a COVID-19 outbreak.
Blog Post #1381 – Migrant Worker Killed by Coronavirus on an Ontario Farm
Excerpt from the Summer 2022 Edition of the OH&S Canada magazine
Scottlynn Sweet Pac Growers in Vittoria, Ontario, plead guilty to health and safety violations after one of its workers contracted Covid-19 and died. It was fined $125,000 plus a 25% victim fine surcharge. The maximum fine the court could have imposed was $1.5 million.
Blog Post #1364 – Critical Injury at Greenhouse Facility Results in $70,000 Fine for Chatham-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s Newsroom
A worker, employed by Truly Green of Chatham, Ontario was critically injured while performing work at the company’s facility.
Blog Post #1274 – Concern Raised on Drug
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine (July 2017)
The federal Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Published the results of a recent Surgeon General review on using the drug mefloquine to prevent malaria in the military. According to a DND statement dated June 1, 2017 the military will now recommend mefloquine only if a CAF member requests it or if there are contraindications to prescriptions for other anti-malarial drugs.