Posts Categorized As: Machine Guarding

Blog Post #1677 – Workplace Injury Results in $70,000 Fine for Etobicoke Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Spacefile International Corp. of Etobicoke, Ontario, a manufacturer of high-density storage products and solutions, was critically injured after operating a brake press. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the machine was guarded, as required by section 24 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1670 – Workplace Injury Leads to $50,000 Fine for Hearst-based Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by C. Villeneuve Construction Co. Ltd., of Hearst, Ontario; a construction contractor. was critically injured as a result of the company’s failure to ensure adequate machine guarding contrary to section 196(3.1) of Regulation 854, Mines and Mining Plants. This is an offence pursuant to section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1665 – Workplace Fatality Results in $225,000 Fine for Brampton-based Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Brampton Brick Ltd., of Brampton, Ontario; a manufacturer of clay bricks and concrete blocks, was fatally injured as a result of the company’s failure to ensure adequate machine guarding that prevents access to a pinch point in accordance with section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851. This is an offence pursuant to section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1661 – Workplace Injury Results in $65,000 Fine for Waterloo Company

Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Valley Blades Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, a company that manufactures blades, cutting edges and other accessories for construction, mining and snow removal equipment, was injured after their clothing became entangled with operating machinery. The company failed, as an employer, to prohibit the worker from wearing loose clothing around a source of entanglement, as required by section 83(2) of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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