Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered an injury when a piece of wire was ejected from a grinder wire wheel. Humphrey Fleet Service Inc. failed to ensure that the worker was wearing eye protection appropriate in the circumstances, contrary to regulations and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
My opinion
Just to give the reader some common frame of reference, the Ontario government enacted legislation in the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) in 2010. (It has since been updated 3-4 times)
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Impala Canada Ltd., of Toronto Ontario, a mining company that operates the Lac Des Iles Mine, an open-pit and underground palladium mine, suffered critical injuries after falling from a scissor lift work platform while installing a silencer on a fan in the Lac Des Iles Mine’s ventilation system. At the time, the guardrails on the scissor lift platform had been removed. Impala Canada Ltd. failed to ensure measures and procedures prescribed by the Mines and Mining Plants Regulation were carried out in the workplace.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017)
“HRS Group inc. has hired a retired millwright, Jody Patterson, to be one of our trainers. He was also a health and safety representative for many years and is totally familiar with the requirements for safety programs and processes.
It is because of him I have decided to use this next report that deals with welding fumes and other airborne hazards that may occur around the welding process.”
Dan Beal
CHSEP – Advanced