Excerpts from the Government of Ontario’s Newsroom
Sherritt International Corporation, a natural resource company operating as Canada Talc, pleaded guilty and was fined $285,000 today for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a young worker was killed.
By The Canadian Press
Vale (VALE-N) closed its No. 2 flash furnace in Sudbury early on Sunday morning Feb. 6 after molten metal leaked out between the tapping block and the furnace, the company has confirmed.
The failure of a tapping block on the northeast wall of the furnace caused the metal leak, which then ruptured cooling water lines and caused a reaction in the furnace.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Atlas Dewatering Corporation, a Concord company dealing in groundwater control, was fined $75,000 on February 10 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was critically injured. Patrick Maher, a supervisor with the company, was fined $6,000 in relation to the same incident.
Found in the Government of Ontario Newsroom
Lafarge Canada Inc., a manufacturer of construction material, pleaded guilty way back on January 20, 2010 to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that caused the death of a worker. The company was fined $350,000.