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.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On June 24, 2020, a worker, employed by Indwisco Limited of Concord, Ontario, was attempting to do a quality check on a vertical wire drawing machine. The machine was located on an elevated platform accessible by a stairway with six steps. While climbing the stairs to perform the task, the worker lost their footing. When instinctively extending their arms to brace their fall, the worker’s gloved hand came in contact with the moving wire, injuring the worker.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On March 8, 2020, an electrician employed by 1086289 Ontario Inc. o/a Urban Electrical Contractors was working at a construction project entailing the renovation of an existing commercial building.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s Newsroom
A worker, employed by Truly Green of Chatham, Ontario was critically injured while performing work at the company’s facility.