Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Olympic Plastic Bags (1983) Ltd., a plastic bag manufacturer, was fined $85,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a worker’s death.
Blog Post #253 – Due Diligence More Than Standard
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A NOVA SCOTIA WORKER laying floor joists on the third floor of a construction project — without the aid of a life line or the support of a scaffold — is severely injured in a fall. An Alberta labourer working in the area of some scrap metal bales is crushed beneath a toppled load. Another worker in Alberta dies when a stack of fibreboard tips over.
Blog Post #251 – Tomlinson Waste Management Inc. Fined $50,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Tomlinson Waste Management Inc. was fined $50,000 on November 4, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.
Blog Post #248 – Atkinson Irrigation Limited Fined $50,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Atkinson Irrigation Limited, of Stayner, was fined $50,000 on November 18, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a worker to be injured.