Posts Categorized As: Industrial

Blog Post #1568 – Workplace Injury Results in $80,000 Fine for Toronto-based Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 Stackpole International Powder Metal, Ltd. (the Company) failed to ensure that machinery being operated was equipped with a guard or other device to prevent access to moving parts, as prescribed by section 24 of Ontario Reg. 851, Industrial Establishments. This is contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1566 – Workplace Injury Results in $57,000 Fine for Scarborough-based Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker suffered injuries while working on a bread conveyor that was not equipped with the required guarding. Breadsource Corporation failed as an employer to ensure that measures and procedures prescribed by section 25 of Ontario Reg. 851, Industrial Establishments were carried out at a workplace contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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