Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by National Steel Car Limited of Hamilton, Ontario, a railcar manufacturing company, was critically injured operating machinery that was not equipped with a guard or other device that prevents access to a pinch point, a violation of section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 (Regulation for Industrial Establishments), contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from the Western Standard News Service
A Calgary machining company’s conviction and $420,000 fine in connection to a workplace fatality has been upheld by the courts.
Inland Machining Ltd. was charged with 33 counts under Alberta’s occupational health and safety (OHS) laws following an incident on August 16, 2019, in which a worker was fatally injured while operating a manual lathe and became entangled with a moving part.
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Pigments Services Canada Inc., operating as Monteith, of Toronto, Ontario, a manufacturer of paint and specialty coatings, was fatally injured while operating a paint mixing machine. Pigments Services Canada Inc. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 24 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Camp Forming Ltd. of Concord, Ontario, a concrete forming contractor, was injured while cleaning a conveyor while its belt was moving. The company failed, as an employer, to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to protect the health or safety of the worker, contrary to section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.