Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By Jean Lian
An inquest into the death of a 72-year-old builder on a construction site in Saint John has yielded several recommendations aimed at enhancing safety.
Blog Post #315 – Metro Ontario Inc. Fined $350,000 after Young Worker Killed
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Metro Ontario Inc., a retail grocer, was fined $350,000 yesterday for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a young worker’s death.
Blog Post #313 – Aecon Construction Group Inc. Fined $225,000 after Explosion
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Blog Post #312 – Boiler Explosion Claims Worker
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Three workers were injured, one fatally, during a boiler explosion at a heating plant in Ottawa last fall.
Paramedics were called to the plant — which services, among other federal structures, the Parliament buildings and the Supreme Court of Canada — at about 12:15 pm on October 19, says J.P. Trottier, a spokesperson for the Ottawa Paramedic Service.