Posts Categorized As: Lockout and Tagout

Blog Post #577 – Amputation in Entrainment

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Waterloo Textiles Ltd., a yarn manufacturer in Cambridge, Ontario, has been fined $75,000 after pleading guilty to failing to ensure a machine was equipped with a guard or other device to prevent access to moving parts.

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Blog Post #563 – Pasta Quistini Inc., Supervisor Fined Total of $132,000 after Worker Killed By Machinery

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Pasta Quistini Inc., a North York business engaged in preparing and selling pastas, sauces and prepared foods to retailers, restaurants and industrial facilities, has been fined $120,000 after a worker became entangled in a machine and died. A supervisor was also fined $12,000.

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