Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Urbandale Construction Limited, a residential construction company from Ottawa, was fined $40,000 on September 24, 2009, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured. Laren Holdings Inc., carrying on business as Tony Olsen Enterprises, an Ottawa roofing contractor, was fined $50,000 in relation to the same incident.
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Aviance Forming Ltd., a formwork company, was fined $60,000 on September 24, 2009, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.
Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
Bunge Canada, an Oakville maker of edible oil products, was fined $70,000 on August 18, 2009, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was seriously injured.
Section 26, subsection 5 states, “A guardrail system shall be capable of resisting anywhere along the length of the system the following loads when applied separately, without exceeding the allowable unit stress of each material used: 1. A point load of 675 newtons applied in a lateral direction to the top rail; 2. A point … Continue Reading