Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
An independent construction professional based in Grimsby, Ontario was fined $20,000 on February 2017, after a barn collapsed while under construction more than two years before.
Blog Post #1575 – Mississauga Roofing Company Convicted
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine A roofing company in Mississauga, Ontario was fined $57,500 on March 01, 2017 for its role in a falling incident that seriously injured an employee. According to a court bulletin from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Paiva Roofing Ltd., was working on a roof of an industrial business at … Continue Reading
Blog Post #1574 – Recommendations on Standards Released in Alberta
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine – March 2017
Report by Jean Liam
A working group tasked to review employment and labour standards for Alberta agriculture sector has recommended that farm workers should not get overtime pay and that family members who work on farms should be exempted from all employment and labour standards.
Blog Post #1573 – Workplace Fatality Results in $120,000 Fine for Richmond Hill Equipment Rental and Earthworks Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by TMI Contracting and Equipment Rental Ltd. of Richmond Hill, Ontario, was fatally struck by a dump truck at a landfill site. The employer failed to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for a signaller were carried out, as outlined in 106(3) of Regulation 213/91 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.