Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2024)
Amico Contractors Inc. has been fined $80,000 after two workers were injured falling from a work platform.
Blog Post #1670 – Workplace Injury Leads to $50,000 Fine for Hearst-based Company
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by C. Villeneuve Construction Co. Ltd., of Hearst, Ontario; a construction contractor. was critically injured as a result of the company’s failure to ensure adequate machine guarding contrary to section 196(3.1) of Regulation 854, Mines and Mining Plants. This is an offence pursuant to section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1668 – Workplace Injury Results In $55,000 Fine for Toronto Rubber Products Manufacturer
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Rubber Technologies Corp. of Toronto, Ontario was critically injured while trying to clear a blockage from a machine. By failing to ensure the motion from a rotary valve was stopped before cleaning, National Rubber Technologies failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 75 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1667 – WorkSafeBC Recommends Changes to Improve Crane Safety in B.C.
Published by WorkSafe BC on: June 18, 2024
New risk-reduction strategy is based on a comprehensive review of crane safety and informed by stakeholder input and feedback.