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Blog Post #1724 – Workplace Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Mississauga Poultry Processor

March 16, 2026 by Dan

Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by AM Wholesale Meats Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario, a poultry processing and distribution facility, was injured by a falling pallet while operating a pallet truck in the shipping and receiving area. AM Wholesale Meats Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 45(b)(ii) of Ontario Regulation 851 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Blog Post #1722 – Workplace Injury Results in $80,000 Fine for London LCBO

March 13, 2026 by Dan

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), 55 Lakeshore Blvd. East, Toronto, Ontario, sustained a critical injury while operating a lift truck during a training session at an LCBO warehouse on 955 Wilton Grove Road, London, Ontario.

Blog Post #1714 – Workplace Fatality Results in $375,000 Fine for Toronto Propane Company

February 20, 2026 by Dan

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Superior Propane, was fatally injured between a 1000-gallon steel propane tank and the brick wall of a building. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Blog Post #1712 – Quebec Company Fined $65,000 After Workers Injured in Ottawa

February 15, 2026 by Dan

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Two workers, employed by Regional Fence, of Gatineau, Quebec, were injured while moving fence panels. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure workers were protected from the hazard of a falling stack of fencing, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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