Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An employer in Kingsville, Ontario has been ordered to pay $23,500 migrant worker after a human rights tribunal found that the worker had been fired for making a complaint about racial taunts in the workplace.
Blog Post #756 – Sun-Brite Foods Inc. Fined $70,000 after Worker Injured in Canning Facility
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Sun-Brite Foods Inc., a company that processes and cans field crops, has pleaded guilty and has been fined $70,000 after a seasonal farm worker was critically injured.
Blog Post #755 – Signature Events Rental Shoppe Fined $100,000
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
1483322 Ontario Inc., carrying on business as Signature Events Rental Shoppe, pleaded guilty and was fined $100,000 after a young worker was killed and others were injured while erecting a tent for a wedding.
Blog Post #752 – Health Authority Fined
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The Saskatoon Regional Health Authority was fined $154,000 on July 15, 2013 for exposing workers to carbon monoxide on Boxing Day, 2010.