Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Royal Group, Inc., carrying on business as Royal Pipe Co., a Toronto pipe manufacturer, was fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #464 – Concerns Over The Right to Refuse
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (September 2010)
FEDERAL — The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is panning legislative amendments that it has said will “seriously undermine the right of federal workers to refuse dangerous work.”
Blog Post #463 – Excavator Operator Crushed In Cab
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Ontario quarry worker suffered fatal crushing injuries when a falling boulder landed on the cab of the excavator in which he was sitting.
Blog Post #462 – Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Fined $200,000 after Workers Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Maple Leaf Foods Inc., a Toronto producer of frozen and prepared foods, was fined $200,000 for two violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after workers were injured in two separate incidents.