Written by Marcel Vander Wier, Editor of the OH&S Canada magazine
Ontario will reward it safe is employers with an estimated $140 million for excellence in Occupational Health & Safety, as part of a new program unveiled on November 22, 2019.
Blog Post #1128 – Flash Fire Injures Worker, Orangeville Company Fined $60,000
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Roto-Mill Inc., 560 Riddell Road, Orangeville, Ontario, a company specializing in asphalt road reclamation and recycling, asphalt milling, concrete scarifying and rumble strip alert warnings systems, suffered injuries from hot asphalt while working on a tanker truck.
Blog Post #1127 – Worker Injury Results in $60,000 Fine for Bolton Manufacturer
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Multivans Inc. of Bolton, Ontario, on March 11, 2017, suffered critical injuries while using an angle grinder.
Blog Post #1125 – Worker Dies in Wall Collapse, Company Fined $115,000
At an excavation at a residence on Pine Crescent in Toronto, a worker was killed when an excavated dirt wall collapsed due to lack of support. The employer, SMID Construction Ltd., a general construction contractor out of Ajax, Ontario, was convicted on June 21, 2018.