Posts Categorized As: Industrial

Blog Post #1658 – Workplace Injury Results in $65,000 Fine for Construction Equipment Manufacturer

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by AMI Attachments Inc. of Hawksville, Ontario, a heavy construction equipment manufacturer, was seriously injured while operating a magnetic lifting device. AMI Attachments Inc. failed to assign a competent person to operate the lifting device, or to ensure the operator was instructed and accompanied by a competent person, as prescribed by section 51(2) of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1654 – Chatham Constructor Fined $85,000 After Worker Fatality

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by John Harris Concrete Ltd. of Chatham, Ontario, a very small construction company specializing in concrete foundations, was fatally injured while cutting down a tree. The company failed, as an employer, to provide training to the worker as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1650 – Workplace Injury Results in $175,000 Fine for Cambridge Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Canadian General, of Cambridge, Ontario, a company that produces polymeric coated textile fabrics and vinyl films for automotive and industrial applications, was injured after being caught in the pinch point of a machine. The company failed to ensure the worker was protected from the pinch point, as required by section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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