Posts Categorized As: Material Handling

Blog Post#1685 – Toronto Company Fined $110,000 After Workplace Fatality

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed Millwick Waste Recycling Inc. of North York, Ontario, a full waste recycling company, was fatally injured in a wheel-loader collision. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 56 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1684 – Workplace Fatality Results in $200,000 Fine for Stoney Creek-based Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Janco Steel Ltd. of Stoney Creek, Ontario, a steel processing company, was fatally struck by a large industrial forklift. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 56 of Ontario Regulation 851, as amended, were carried out, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1666 – Workplace Injury Results In $50,000 Fine for Barrie Manufacturer

Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Wolf Steel Ltd. of Barrie, Ontario, was critically injured while moving pieces of wood on a wooden cart. By failing to ensure the cart provided to move materials did not endanger the safety of the worker, Wolf Steel Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 45(a) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1662 – Workplace Injury Leads to $80,000 Fine for Ottawa-based Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd. of Ottawa, Ontario, a concrete contractor, was injured when moving a fly form, a system used for supporting poured concrete slabs on buildings during construction. The company failed to ensure the fly form was stored and moved in a manner that did not endanger the worker, as required by section 37(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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