Posts Categorized As: Forklift Safety

Blog Post #1716 – Workplace Injury Results In $60,000 Fine for Milton Distributor

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Fidelity PAC Metals Ltd. of Milton, Ontario, a distributor of metal bars and pipes, was injured while taking inventory of metal rods. By not ensuring the rods were stored correctly, Fidelity PAC Metals Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 45, subsection (b) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1684 – Workplace Fatality Results in $200,000 Fine for Stoney Creek-based Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Janco Steel Ltd. of Stoney Creek, Ontario, a steel processing company, was fatally struck by a large industrial forklift. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 56 of Ontario Regulation 851, as amended, were carried out, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1681 – Workplace Injury Results in $60,000 Fine for Tecumseh Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Precision Stamping of Windsor, Ontario, an industrial stamp press factory, was critically injured after being pinched between two metal racks due to a forklift collision. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the equipment was maintained in good condition, as required by section 25(1)(b) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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