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Blog Post #1662 – Workplace Injury Leads to $80,000 Fine for Ottawa-based Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd. of Ottawa, Ontario, a concrete contractor, was injured when moving a fly form, a system used for supporting poured concrete slabs on buildings during construction. The company failed to ensure the fly form was stored and moved in a manner that did not endanger the worker, as required by section 37(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1661 – Workplace Injury Results in $65,000 Fine for Waterloo Company

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Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Valley Blades Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, a company that manufactures blades, cutting edges and other accessories for construction, mining and snow removal equipment, was injured after their clothing became entangled with operating machinery. The company failed, as an employer, to prohibit the worker from wearing loose clothing around a source of entanglement, as required by section 83(2) of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1659 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Brampton-based Construction Contractor

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Report from the government of ‘Ontario’s Newsroom’

A worker, Frontline Cable and Gas Services Inc., of Brantford, Ontario, an excavating contractor, employed by was fatally injured when the employer failed to install blocking required to prevent the collapse or movement of a piece of equipment being repaired. The employer failed to ensure that the provisions of section 108 of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were complied with at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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