Posts Categorized As: Ontario Health and Safety

Blog Post #1553 – Two Oxford County Construction Companies Fined a Total of $400,000 After Workplace Fatalities and Injuries

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Two workers died and four others were critically injured when a section of a building under construction collapsed. iSpan Systems LP (iSpan) failed to ensure that a building, structure or any part thereof, was capable of supporting any loads that may be applied to it. East Elgin Concrete Forming Ltd. (East Elgin) failed to provide proper information, instruction and supervision, specifically on the use of proper concrete measuring techniques on the project. Both offences are contrary to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1550 – Workplace Injury Results in $75,000 Fine for London-based Company

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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.

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