Posts Categorized As: Ladder Safety

Blog Post #1676 – Workplace Injury Results in $78,000 Fine for St. Catharines-based Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker employed by PEC Roof Maintenance of St. Catharines, Ontario, a roofing contractor, was critically injured after falling from a ladder during a roof repair project. The company failed to comply with its duty under section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act to ensure the measures and procedures prescribed by Regulation 213/91 (Construction Projects) were carried out. Section 82(2) of the regulation specifically requires a ladder to be secured at the top and bottom to prevent movement.

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Blog Post #1600 – Woodstock Car Dealership Fined $125,000 After Worker Fatally Injured

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker employed by Woodstock Ford, a car dealership and service centre, was fatally injured after falling from a stepladder. The company failed to take the reasonable precautions of ensuring that the worker worked from a ladder or platform designed to be used at the required working height, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1461 – Six Manitoba Companies Fined

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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Oct. 2016)

The Workplace Safety and Health branch (WSH) of Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade ministry announced August 16, 2016, that it had issued fines totalling more than $111,000 to the following six employers from March to mid-July for contravening Manitoba’s Workplace Safety and Health Act.

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Blog Post #1232 – Fall from Ladder Results in $50,000 Fine for St. Thomas Manufacturer

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker suffered a critical injury after falling off a ladder while trying to access the roof of the workplace.  There was no safe means to access the roof. The worker was an employee of Maxill Inc., 80 Elm Street, St. Thomas, Ontario, a company that manufactures infection control products.

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