Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by a third-party trucking company was fatally injured at the workplace belonging to CRM of Canada Processing ULC while onsite to remove a bin. CRM of Canada Processing ULC failed to provide information and instruction to workers.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Three workers were operating a mixer that makes sausages. As they were emptying the contents into two-wheeled bins at the outfeed to clean the mixer, one worker reached into the discharge hole, seriously injuring themselves. The accident occurred at the JBS Ontario Foods Inc. plant on Jamieson Bone Rd. Belleville, Ontario. JBS Ontario Foods Inc. is based in Calgary, Alberta.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2015)
Original report by Jeff Cottrill
Flooding led to the capsizing of a fishing vessel in 2014, an accident that tossed four fishers overboard and killed one of them, according to an investigation report released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) on August 10, 2015.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by L.Z. Refrigeration Inc. was fatally injured at the workplace while operating an Elevating Work Platform (EWP). Yuqin Liu failed as a supervisor to ensure that a worker worked in a manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. They also failed to provide the worker with oral and written instructions or training on the operation of an EWP which includes instructions with respect to the owner’s manual.