Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Johnson Controls Automotive Canada LP, a manufacturer of foam seats for the automotive industry, has been fined $155,000 after a worker was killed when a hook holding open a metal lid broke.
Blog Post #668 – Southern Sanitation/Wasteco Fined
Excerpt from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’
The death of a worker crushed between vehicles has resulted in a combined $176,000 fine for Southern Sanitation Inc. and one of the company’s employees.
Blog Post #645 – Back Injuries in Nova Scotia
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia (WCB) and the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education are teaming up on a new social marketing campaign to help prevent back injuries at work.
Blog Post #644 – Forklift Tipover Claims One
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A young worker was killed in a forklift rollover incident on June 12, 2012.
Shortly before 8:30 am, 19-year-old Herve Bernhard, an employee of Design Built Mechanical Inc., in Charla New Brunswick, was fatally injured when a forklift fell on him, Fidele Cormier, Assistant regional Director for WorkSafeNB’s northeast region.