Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (May 2017)
Report from Jeff Cottrill
The federal government has pledged to make greater efforts to enforce the Westray Law – a provision in the Criminal Code regarding criminal prosecution for negligence after workplace fatalities.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (March 2017)
Two firms in Newmarket, Ontario were fined on February 03, 2017, over unrelated workplace incidents, the provincial labour ministry says.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker sustained burns while trying to repair a Cleaning in Place (CIP) pipeline system. Lactalis Canada Inc., situated at The West Mall, Toronto, Ontario, failed, as an employer, to provide information, instruction and supervision to protect the health and safety of the worker with respect to the safe lockout and tagout of the CIP pipeline system, contrary to section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
2236376 Ontario Inc., of Fort Erie, Ontario, was operating in a partnership as Patriot Forge Co., a company that processes metal parts.