Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015)
The Occupational Health & Safety branch Newfoundland and Labrador government is charged to companies into individuals for a worker fatality.
Blog Post #1352 – Employee Perishes in Fall
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015)
A construction employee was killed in a fall at a worksite in Montréal, when the platform in which he was standing suddenly overturned. The incident occurred on September 15, 2015 at the Champlain Bridge’s ice-control structure over the St. Lawrence River, according to the provincial police force, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)
Blog Post #1335 – Worker’s Injuries from Construction Site Fall in Waterloo Results in $60,000 Fine for Innisfil Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by MTN Construction out of Innisfil, Ontario, fell 21 feet to the ground, sustaining injuries. Workers had not been given site-specific training nor had they been trained on where and how to properly tie off their fall protection equipment on this job site.
Blog Post #1293 – Worker’s Fall Through Skylight Results in $55,000 Fine for Chelmsford Building Centre
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by North West Lumber Co. Ltd. (NWL), operator of a Home Hardware Building Centre in Chelmsford, who was removing snow from the roof of a shed, fell through a skylight. The worker was not using safety equipment as required by law.