Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Three workers were injured, one fatally, during a boiler explosion at a heating plant in Ottawa last fall.
Paramedics were called to the plant — which services, among other federal structures, the Parliament buildings and the Supreme Court of Canada — at about 12:15 pm on October 19, says J.P. Trottier, a spokesperson for the Ottawa Paramedic Service.
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Paul S. Pollock Enterprises Ltd., carrying on business as Canadian Tire Store #420, was fined $60,000 on March 7, 2011, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a worker to be injured.
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
3M Canada Company was fined $55,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Vrancor Development Corporation, a Burlington construction company, was fined $65,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a routine inspection. Sean Kehoe, a supervisor with the company, was fined $2,000 in relation to the same inspection.