Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Oct. 2016)
A construction firm was fined $50,000 on August 11, 2016, in connection with a worker injury two years earlier.
Blog Post #1471 – Kitchener Company and CEO Fined $100,000 in Total for Machine Guarding Violations
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
THS Industries Ltd., as an employer, and Xiaoye He, as a Director, failed to take all reasonable care to ensure equipment, materials and protective devices, as prescribed by Section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, were provided for nail-maker machines, leaving workers at risk of accessing moving parts inside the machines.
Blog Post #1470 – Workplace Injury Results in $60,000 Fine for Sault Ste. Marie Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by R. F. Contracting Inc. of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario was seriously injured while cleaning an industrial furnace. The worker, whose fall protection harness and tether were not anchored, fell approximately 28 feet inside the furnace.
Blog Post #1469 – Railway Car Manufacturer Fined $140,000 After Worker Fatality
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by National Steel Car Limited was fatally injured after being struck by a lift-assist device that fell from an overhead crane. National Steel Car Limited failed, as an employer, to ensure that the hoisting controls for the overhead crane were located so they could be operated at a safe distance from a load being lifted. The plant was in Hamilton, Ontario.