Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Metro Ontario Inc., a retail grocer, was fined $350,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a young worker’s death.
Blog Post #295 – Final Descent – “The Sullivan Mine Disaster”
Good intention, an unforeseen response, a preventable accident. Four lives were lost when, one by one, the individuals entered a sump at an inactive mine in British Columbia. A reclamation project, it seems, transformed a once-safe work area into a deadly zone. Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine By: Jean Lian It all seems so … Continue Reading
Blog Post #294 – Town Fined in Deadly Trench Collapse
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The Town of New Glasgow in Nova Scotia must pay $25,000 and various other penalties following a trench collapse two years ago that claimed the life of a worker.
Blog Post #293 – Farm Owner Fined $3,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
James Douglas Warner, operating as Warner Orchards in Beamsville, was fined $3,000 on January 21, 2011, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.