Posts Tagged As: Accidents Preventable

Blog Post #1718 – PPE Management is Generally Strong, Yet Compliance Issues Persist: Survey

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Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2025)

  1. J. Keller & Associate, Inc., a provider of safety and compliance solutions, and the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA)recently joined forces to conduct a comprehensive study on top challenges when it comes to managing PPE procurement and proper usage.

The results of the study, titled “2025 PPE Pain Points Study: Top Trends and Challenges,” were released today. Respondents qualifying to take the survey in October 2024 had responsibility for purchasing and/or managing PPE across a range of industries.

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Blog Post #1717 – Workplace Fatality Results in $150,000 Fine for Mississauga Manufacturer

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Pigments Services Canada Inc., operating as Monteith, of Toronto, Ontario, a manufacturer of paint and specialty coatings, was fatally injured while operating a paint mixing machine. Pigments Services Canada Inc. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 24 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1716 – Workplace Injury Results In $60,000 Fine for Milton Distributor

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Fidelity PAC Metals Ltd. of Milton, Ontario, a distributor of metal bars and pipes, was injured while taking inventory of metal rods. By not ensuring the rods were stored correctly, Fidelity PAC Metals Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 45, subsection (b) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1715 – Concord Company Fined $55,000 After Worker Injured

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Camp Forming Ltd. of Concord, Ontario, a concrete forming contractor, was injured while cleaning a conveyor while its belt was moving. The company failed, as an employer, to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to protect the health or safety of the worker, contrary to section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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