Posts Categorized As: Ontario Health and Safety

Blog Post #1545 – Cement Company Fined a Total of $190,000 After Workers Injured

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Three workers, employed by Lehigh Cement Limited, now operating as Heidelberg Materials Canada Limited, of Calgary, Alberta, were injured while performing maintenance on a cement kiln. The company failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1544 – Mining Company Charged

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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2016)

Toronto-based mining company Glenmore Canada Corporation is facing multiple charges over the death of 54-year-old Richard Pigeau, who was killed when a piece of machinery struck him on the Nickel Rim South Mine in Sudbury on October 20, 2015.

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