Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On July 15, 2021, three workers were moving coils of steel from the receiving area into a storage bay at the company’s Tillsonburg plant. The coils varied in outside diameter from 63 to 72 inches, were between 12 to 14 inches wide and ranged in weight from 9,600 to 13,200 pounds.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Pipe & Piling Supplies Limited sustained critical injuries when they became pinned between a rail car and a front-end loader. Pipe & Piling Supplies Limited failed to ensure that the unattended flatbed rail car was immobilized and secured against accidental movement.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker fell 4.09 metres from a raised platform and was injured. Cementation Canada Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure that a fall arrest system was used at the workplace to protect workers.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On June 1, 2021, two workers were dismantling a walk-in cooler. One of the workers, who was not wearing fall protection, used a scissor lift elevated work platform to step on the top of the freezer to unscrew metal plates attached to the roofing panels.