Posts Categorized As: Ontario Health and Safety

Blog Post #1321 – Worker Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Toronto Food Products Producer

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker, employed by Select Food Products of Toronto, Ontario, was injured while trying to remove a stuck label on a labeler machine. The labeler machine was not equipped with a guard that prevented access to the pinch point as required by law. Select Food Products is an … Continue Reading

Blog Post #1319 – Death of Worker Results in Trial, Fine of $210,000 for Chelmsford Construction Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by R.M.Bélanger Ltd. of Chelmsford, Ontario, was killed when a wooden telephone pole rolled while it was being loaded with a forklift onto a trailer. R.M. Belanger Ltd. is a company that provides institutional, commercial and industrial construction services.

Blog Post #1313 – Burlington Company Fined $90,000 After Worker Injured

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Cogent Power Inc. of Burlington, a manufacturer of transmission equipment for distribution of electrical energy, was injured after becoming caught in moving machinery which had not been equipped with a guard or other device to prevent access to a pinch point, as required by law.