Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by North West Lumber Co. Ltd. (NWL), operator of a Home Hardware Building Centre in Chelmsford, who was removing snow from the roof of a shed, fell through a skylight. The worker was not using safety equipment as required by law.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Delta Wire & Mfg. of Essex, Ontario, was injured after coming into contact with a cutting blade, which should have been equipped with a guard to prevent injury as required by law. The owner of the business is Amer-Can Investments, Inc.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed at the Erie Meat Products Ltd. Plant in Mississauga, Ontario, was cleaning excess packaging from a machine was injured after removing interlocking guards from the front of the machine. The company failed to ensure that the hot dog loader/packer machine was locked-out when the worker was removing excess plastic.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by GF Rebar Inc. of London, Ontario, a company that designs, fabricates and installs concrete reinforcing steel (rebar) and wire mesh for construction projects, was struck and injured by material that fell off a trailer during the loading process (2018); another worker suffered a permanent injury while processing material in a machine (2019).