Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers, employed by Metex Heat Treating Ltd., a company that does heat treatment on metal parts and fasteners, were seriously injured in a flash fire while re-starting a furnace. The company failed, as an employer, to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from Google report July 07, 2025 A fatal explosion occurred at a Quebec fuel distributor, Propane Lafortune, in St-Roch-de-l’Achigan on January 12, killing three workers. The explosion, which involved a gasoline vapor ignition during welding repair work on a tanker truck, also destroyed the building. Details of the incident: Cause: A welder was repairing cracks … Continue Reading
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The company involved was Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Limited, a company that manufactured and serviced tank trucks, from Nepean, Ontario. The company’s director was Neil Greene.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017)
“HRS Group inc. has hired a retired millwright, Jody Patterson, to be one of our trainers. He was also a health and safety representative for many years and is totally familiar with the requirements for safety programs and processes.
It is because of him I have decided to use this next report that deals with welding fumes and other airborne hazards that may occur around the welding process.”
Dan Beal
CHSEP – Advanced