Posts Categorized As: Industrial

Blog Post #1289 – Injury in Meat Packing Plant Results in $50,000 Fine for Company

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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.

Blog Post#1285 – London Company, Supervisor Fined Total of $97,000 Following Two Incidents of Worker Injury

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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).

Blog Post #1272 – Injury Caused by Steel Bar Results in $40,000 Fine for Harrow Manufacturer

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Sellick Equipment Ltd., a manufacturer and supplier of heavy machinery and rough terrain equipment in Harrow, Ontario, suffered critical injuries when a steel bar fell from an industrial magnet. The employer had failed to maintain a lift magnet in good condition.

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