Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ (Aug. 24, 2020)
A worker suffered burns while transferring propane from a tank truck to propane tanks at a private residence on November 21, 2018.
Blog Post #1265 – Printing Plant Injury Results in $65,000 Fine for Company in Brampton
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered critical injuries from being pulled into machinery that should have been locked out. The company failed to provide information, instruction, and supervision to a worker in relation to safely locking out a drive shaft on a press machine.
Blog Post #1263 – Glencore Canada Corporation fined $110,000 After Workers Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Glencore Canada Corp. failure to ensure that a rail car had been depressurized before the transfer line was disconnected, resulting in an uncontrolled spray of 98 percent sulphuric acid.
Blog Post #1260 – Great Northern Insulation Fined $125,000 After Worker Fatality
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The employer was Great Northern Insulation out of Woodstock, Ontario. The young worker (25 and younger) worked out of GNI’s Gravenhurst location. On the morning of November 23, 2018, the worker and a co-worker had just left a work site in Magnetawan in their truck. The worker was driving. They had left the worksite because there was no room to park their truck. They we’re going to head to another job site. They were in the process of turning around at an intersection in Magnetawan when the driving conditions convinced them to install tire chains as the road was very slippery.