Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Aurora King Masonry Ltd. of Toronto, a company specializing in masonry work. received critical injuries after falling from a platform. By law, a work platform over 2.4 metres (7.87 feet) must have a guardrail.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ (Aug. 24, 2020)
A worker suffered burns while transferring propane from a tank truck to propane tanks at a private residence on November 21, 2018.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered critical injuries from being pulled into machinery that should have been locked out. The company failed to provide information, instruction, and supervision to a worker in relation to safely locking out a drive shaft on a press machine.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2017)
Teamsters Canada’s Local 419, the union that represents Toronto Pearson International Airport’s regular baggage workers, sites insufficient safety training of temporary workers in baggage handling as the cause of recent injuries.