Excerpt from the Ontario Government ‘Newsroom’
On January 18, 2010, Ontario Power Generation Inc., pleaded guilty and was fined $100,000 yesterday for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #50 – Sherritt International Corporation Fined $285,000 After Young Worker Killed – Canada Talc
Excerpts from the Government of Ontario’s Newsroom
Sherritt International Corporation, a natural resource company operating as Canada Talc, pleaded guilty and was fined $285,000 today for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a young worker was killed.
Blog Post #48 – Engineering Firm Faces Charges
Excerpts from the OHS Canada magazine
A mechanical contracting firm in St. John’s, NFLD, has been charged with two workplace safety violations in connection with an incident in March, 2008.
Blog Post #47 – Vale Closes Furnace at ‘Copper Cliff’ Smelter
By The Canadian Press
Vale (VALE-N) closed its No. 2 flash furnace in Sudbury early on Sunday morning Feb. 6 after molten metal leaked out between the tapping block and the furnace, the company has confirmed.
The failure of a tapping block on the northeast wall of the furnace caused the metal leak, which then ruptured cooling water lines and caused a reaction in the furnace.