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A worker was fatally struck by a dump truck at a landfill site. Waste Management of Canada Corporation failed, as an employer, to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for a signaler were carried out, as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Vitran Express Canada Inc., operating as National Fast Freight, of Concord, Ontario, a transport and logistics services company, was fatally injured when they were caught between a reversing truck and a trailer. Vitran Express Canada Inc. failed to ensure that a truck tractor provided had a functional back up alarm or back up lights, contrary to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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A pedestrian was fatally struck by a dump truck in a work zone near a TTC bus stop. D & A Road Services Inc. failed to ensure that measures and procedures under section 65 of Ontario regulation 213/91, which requires a fence to be constructed between the public walkway and the project were carried out in the workplace.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured when they were caught between a reversing truck and a trailer. Logixx Security Inc. failed to take the reasonable precaution of ensuring that a worker wore high visibility apparel when working in a trailer storage yard outside their vehicle.