Posts Categorized As: Transportation

Blog Post #1520 – Conviction Spurs Fine in Newfoundland

May 30, 2024 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017) The Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Works was fined $90,000 on December 22, 2016 following its conviction for violating five sections of the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. According to court documents, the conviction stemmed from an incident that had resulted in the death … Continue Reading

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Blog Post #1515 – City of Toronto Enhance Transit Security

April 18, 2024 by Dan

Article by Jeff Cottrill – Editor of the OH&S Canada magazine

Article from the January 2017 edition

Note# – We can see as far back as 2017 there was a working need to enhance security for the TTC. (Dan Beal)

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Blog Post #1508 – Concord Transport Company Fined $140,000 After Workplace Fatality

March 21, 2024 by Dan

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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Blog Post #1486 – Risk Management Insufficient

December 17, 2023 by Dan

Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017)

A report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has concluded that ineffective risk management led to the death of a crew member of a fishing vessel in 2015.

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