Posts Categorized As: Material Handling

Blog Post #1081 – Freight Company Fined $85,000 After Worker Suffers Permanent Injury

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

At Consolidated Fastfrate Inc., a national provider of logistic services, including shipping and warehousing, on February 12, 2016, A worker who was operating a forklift struck another worker who could not be seen because the forklift operator had an obstructed view of the forklift’s path of travel. The injured worker suffered a permanent injury.

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Blog Post #1076 – Fatality Prompts Fine

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

A worker fatality led to a $160,000 fined issued on July 18, 2019 to a Japanese engineering firm.

The fatality occurred at a construction project located in a manufacturing facility in Tottenham, Ontario, according to a statement from the Ministry of Labour. (MOL)

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Blog Post #1072 – Trenton Company Fined $55,000 After Worker Injured by Steel Struts

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 A worker who was moving a bundle of steel using an overhead crane suffered permanent crushing injuries when an outer steel strut in the bundle moved inward. The accident took place at Frazier Industrial Company operating as Fracan, 163 North Murray Street, Trenton, Ontario, a steel fabrication facility. The date of the offense was March 08, 2016.

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