Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
A camp operator that provides lodging and meals for industrial staff has been fined more than $200,000 by WorkSafeBC after one of its workers contracted COVID-19 and was later found dead.
Blog Post #1698 – Quebec-based Construction Company Fined $65,000 After Worker Injury
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Bellai Alliance Floor Finishing Ltd. of Gatineau, Quebec (formerly Bellai Bros. Construction), was injured by a swinging peri box that was rigged to a tower crane. Bellai Alliance Floor Finishing Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures required by section 179(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Ontario Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1697 – Workplace Injury Results in $275,000 Fine for St. Catharines Company
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by General Motors of Canada of St. Catharines, Ontario, an auto manufacturer, was injured when a CNC machine moved after the worker had entered to perform a maintenance task. The company failed, as an employer, to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1696 – Foreman Acquitted of Criminal Charge in Death of Worker Who Fell During Store Construction
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
Jeff Gooch, a construction site foreman, has been acquitted of criminal negligence causing the death of one of his workers by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.