Posts Categorized As: Lift Truck

Blog Post #1558 – Leamington Produce Producer Fined $70,000 After Worker Injured

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was injured while replacing the hydraulic cylinders on a scissor lift when the lift’s platform and lifting mechanism collapsed. Amco Farms Inc., a company that grows, packages and ships produce,  failed to ensure that the platform and lifting mechanism were securely and solidly blocked to prevent the equipment from falling or moving, contrary to section 74 of Ontario Regulation 851 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1550 – Workplace Injury Results in $75,000 Fine for London-based Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 A worker was critically injured while moving a heavy metal beam at the Facility. Misteelco Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure the beam was handled without endangering the safety of a worker as prescribed by section 45(b) of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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