Report from the OH&S Canada magazine Spring (2024)
An Ontario company and its director have been fined a total of $680,000 after an explosion killed six workers and seriously injured another in January 2022.
Blog Post #1620 – Workplace Fatality Results in $125,000 Fine for Bradford Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured while lubricating the Potato Line. By not ensuring the line’s uptake conveyor was equipped with a guard, Gwillimdale Farms Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure the measures and procedures prescribed by section 25 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments were carried out in the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1614 – Workplace Fatality Results in $100,000 Fine for London Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Integrated Solutions Inc., of London, Ontario, a company that installs satellite dishes on residential roofs, was fatally injured by a fall while installing a satellite dish on the roof of a residence. By not ensuring the worker used fall protection while on the roof, Integrated Solutions Inc. failed 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.
Blog Post #1611 – Workplace Injury Results in $55,000 Fine for St. Thomas-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Gary D. Robinson Contracting Ltd. of St. Thomas, Ontario, failed to ensure that steel trusses were transported, placed or stored in a manner that would not tip, collapse or fall, as required by section 45(b)(i) of Regulation 851/90, a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.