Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A window and door manufacturer in Concord pleaded guilty and was fined $150,000 after one worker died and another was injured by material that fell from a work station.
Blog Post #960 – Mining, Paving Companies Fined Total of $95,000
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two defendants, one a mining company and the other a paving company, pleaded guilty and have been fined $55,000 and $40,000 respectively after a worker was injured when a hopper containing sand toppled over.
Blog Post #958 – Injury to Worker at Kitchener Wastewater Plant Results in $85,000 Fine
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A Mississauga-based scaffolding company pleaded guilty and has been fined $85,000 after a worker was permanently injured in a fall from a faulty scaffold.
Blog Post #957 – Board Concludes Cancer-Claims Review
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
the conclusion of a review of past cancer claims against former General Electric (GE) workers in Peterborough, Ontario so the acceptance of 71 claims that had been previously denied. The previous decision was upheld in a further 105 claims for others being abandoned.