Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Cuddy Farms Limited 2008, a Strathroy, Ontario company that breeds turkeys, was fined $65,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #287 – Confined Space and its Hazards – Death by Design
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Jason Contant
On the morning of September 5, 2008, a plumber was called to A-1 Mushroom Substratum Ltd. in Langley, British Columbia for the second time in as many days. There, he found an intake pipe at the bottom of a pump shed completely blocked and informed a supervisor at the mushroom composting facility that a company with expertise in sewer pump-out would be needed.
Blog Post #151 – Confined Space Death at Sure Fresh Foods Inc.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
In early January, Sure Fresh Foods Inc. entered a single guilty plea for its failure to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker regarding confined space entry procedures.
A $150,000 fine has been levied against a chicken-processing company in Barrie, Ontario following the death of a worker in April, 2006.
Blog Post #147 – B.C. Mining Industry – Confined Space Tragedy Spurs Hopeful Change
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The deaths of four people who were simply doing their jobs at the Sullivan Mine reclamation project near Kimberley, British Columbia have prompted changes that provincial officials hope will avert similar loss of life in future.