Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2022)
A Saskatchewan court has fined a contracting company $70,000 after a worker was injured while loading concrete forms.
Blog Post #1595 – Work Refusal Leads to Layoffs
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2017)
A recent work refusal at Sterling Fuels Ltd. in Windsor, Ontario caused the company to suspend work temporarily for most of the ship-offloading and loading staff.
Blog Post #1576 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Metal Manufacturing Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Performance Finishing & Fabrication Inc. failed to ensure that a metal beam was secured and would not fall while being transported on a forklift, as required by 45(b)(i) of Regulation 851, a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1550 – Workplace Injury Results in $75,000 Fine for London-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was critically injured while moving a heavy metal beam at the Facility. Misteelco Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure the beam was handled without endangering the safety of a worker as prescribed by section 45(b) of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.