Posts Categorized As: Ontario Health and Safety

Blog Post #1597 – Workplace Injury Results in $55,000 Fine for Windsor Manufacturer of Aluminum Products

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was injured while operating a saw on an aluminum extrusion press. Can Art Aluminum Extrusion Canada Inc. failed to ensure the measures and procedures prescribed under section 24 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1593 – Workplace Death Results in $60,000 Fine for Sarnia Recycling Facility

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was fatally injured while replacing a faulty hydraulic hose on a forklift. Revital Polymers Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure the forklift was not left unattended, contrary to section 58 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments and a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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