Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Bernt Gilbertson Enterprise Limited of Richards Landing, Ontario, was critically injured when a motor fell during maintenance work being performed on a portable cone crusher. Gilbertson Enterprises failed as an employer to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. The accident took place on May 15, 2021.
As a certified propane trainer in ‘Heaters and Torches’ and Propane Filling’, among others, it is my job to review tanks as part of the inspection program prior to use. HRS Group Inc., is a health and safety training and consulting company in the Peterborough area and we are constantly on our toes for safety … Continue Reading
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was seriously injured after a large vat, suspended on a forklift truck, tipped off the forks.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On July 15, 2021, three workers were moving coils of steel from the receiving area into a storage bay at the company’s Tillsonburg plant. The coils varied in outside diameter from 63 to 72 inches, were between 12 to 14 inches wide and ranged in weight from 9,600 to 13,200 pounds.