Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by FIO Automotive Canada Corporation (FIO), suffered a critical injury at the workplace when a 1,500-pund feed bar was knocked out of its support cradle and struck the worker who was operating the crane. FIO contravened a section of the ‘Industrial Regulations’ by failing to ensure that a feed bar that may tip or fall and endanger any worker was secured against tipping or falling.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker, employed by Northern Transformer Corporation of Maple, ON L6A 4P5, a company that manufactures electrical transformers, was critically injured while performing work at the company’s manufacturing facility. On May, 24, 2019, a worker employed by Northern Transformer Corp., was performing work at the company’s manufacturing facility … Continue Reading
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Norbord Inc., of Toronto, Ontario, an international company that produces wood-based products, including Oriented Strand Board (OSB), a type of engineered wood, was injured when a machine activated unexpectedly. The machine was not equipped with a guard or other device in place to prevent access by a worker to hazardous moving parts.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A component that was being lifted by a sling struck a worker, causing injuries to the worker. The employer, in this case was Cyclone Manufacturing Incorporated, a provider of sheet metal fabrication, tube bending, welding and minor sub-assemblies of aerospace structural components tor aerospace companies located in Mississauga, Ontario.