Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A worker was fatally injured July 4, 2011, while renovating a vacation home on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast and fell through a skylight.
Blog Post #522 – APCO Industries Fined $100,000 after Worker Killed
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
APCO Industries Co. Ltd., a manufacturer and distributor of oils, greases, rust preventatives and lubricants, was fined $100,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed because of the lack of guardrails.
Blog Post #458 – Falling Worker Escapes Harm
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A window washer cleaning a Toronto building was saved by his fall arrest system after an equipment malfunction caused him to drop almost 20 storeys.
Blog Post #453 – Avoiding the Fall
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine By Jason Contant One need only look back to last Christmas Eve in Toronto for a grisly example of why proper fall protection is so very important. It was the afternoon of December 24, 2009 when a swing stage separated in the middle, sending five construction workers plummeting 13 … Continue Reading