Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2022)
A Saskatchewan court has fined a contracting company $70,000 after a worker was injured while loading concrete forms.
Blog Post #1593 – Workplace Death Results in $60,000 Fine for Sarnia Recycling Facility
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured while replacing a faulty hydraulic hose on a forklift. Revital Polymers Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure the forklift was not left unattended, contrary to section 58 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments and a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1576 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Metal Manufacturing Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Performance Finishing & Fabrication Inc. failed to ensure that a metal beam was secured and would not fall while being transported on a forklift, as required by 45(b)(i) of Regulation 851, a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1559 – Workplace Injury Results in $75,000 Fine for Ilderton, Ontario-Based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered critical injuries when a forklift and front-end loader collided. Coldstream Concrete Limited failed as an employer to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker at a workplace contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.