Posts Categorized As: Material Handling

Blog Post #1538 – Workplace Injury Results in $100,000 Fine for Brampton Company

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A worker, employed by Sin Structures Inc. of Brampton, Ontario, was critically injured during the construction of a bridge. Contrary to safety procedures, Sin Structures Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure equipment was moved without endangering the safety of a worker as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1534 – Workplace Fatality Results in $280,000 Fine for Toronto Waste Management Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was fatally struck by a dump truck at a landfill site. Waste Management of Canada Corporation failed, as an employer, to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for a signaler were carried out, as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1525 – Toronto Countertop Installation Company Fined $100,000 After Workplace Fatality

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A worker, employed by GTA Granite and Marble Countertops Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, was fatally injured when they were struck by a slab of granite that tipped over while it was being removed from a storage rack. GTA Granite and Marble Countertops Inc. failed to ensure the stone slab was removed from the rack in a manner that would not endanger the safety of any worker.

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Blog Post #1517 – Workplace Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for University of Guelph

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was injured while unloading a pallet of soil from a truck. Contrary to safety procedures, the University of Guelph failed, as an employer, to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the health and safety of the worker, contrary to 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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