Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was seriously injured while repairing the brakes on a motor home. Bert’s Truck and Trailer Repair Inc. failed, as an employer, to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for preventing an elevated vehicle from falling on a worker were carried out, as outlined in section 74 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (December 2016)
A vegetable-processing company in the community of Delhi, Ontario was fined $54,000 on October 20, 2016over a worker’s permanent injury.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was injured while attempting to clear a jam on a production line. Alcot Plastics Ltd. and Martin Alac failed to ensure that a machine was guarded to prevent access to a pinch point.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Resolute FP Canada Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, a producer of wood, pulp, tissue and paper products, was fatally injured while performing maintenance on a machine that was inadequately locked out.