Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
Jeff Gooch, a construction site foreman, has been acquitted of criminal negligence causing the death of one of his workers by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.
Blog Post #1694 – Toronto Construction Company and Two Supervisors Fined $625,000 Total After Worker Fatality
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Limen Group Construction of Toronto, Ontario, was fatally injured by a falling concrete block. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 172(1) of Ontario Regulation 213 were carried out at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. It also failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Act. The two supervisors failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 27(2)(c) of the Act.
Blog Post #1692 – Workplace Injury Results In $75,000 Fine for Wallaceburg Company
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Aarkel Tool and Die Inc. of Wallaceburg, Ontario, an automotive tooling manufacturer, was critically injured after a lower carrier assembly tipped and fell. The company failed, as an employer, to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to protect the health or safety of the worker as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1689 – Workplace Injury Results in $100,000 Fine for Mississauga Manufacturer
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Alugard Ltd., of Mississauga, Ontario was injured while trying to fix a machine used to make aluminum window jambs. The employer failed to ensure that precautions were taken to prevent a machine from starting and endangering a worker while the machine was undergoing maintenance. This contravened section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The employer also obstructed the investigation into the incident, contrary to section 62(1) and failed to comply with an order to submit a written notice of the incident, contrary to section 66(1)(b) of the Act.