Posts Tagged As: Employers' responsibilities

Blog Post #1540 – Cambridge Construction Company Fined $150,000 After Worker Injured

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Regional Sewer and Watermain Ltd., of Cambridge, Ontario was injured after falling from the bucket of a front-end loader. Regional Sewer and Watermain Ltd. failed to ensure the worker did not use the bucket of the front-end loader as a work platform, which is prohibited by section 107 of Ontario Regulation 213/91 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1539 – Municipality of Lambton Shores Fined $50,000 For Workplace Injury

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by the Corporation of the Municipality of Lambton Shores, in Forest, Ontario, was injured while trying to clean a Zamboni ice re-surfacer. The Corporation of the Municipality of Lambton Shores failed to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker with respect to the safe operation, maintenance and/or cleaning of the ice re-surfacer, contrary to section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1538 – Workplace Injury Results in $100,000 Fine for Brampton Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Sin Structures Inc. of Brampton, Ontario, was critically injured during the construction of a bridge. Contrary to safety procedures, Sin Structures Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure equipment was moved without endangering the safety of a worker as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1536 – Workplace Injury Results in $170,000 Fine for Mississauga-based Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was critically injured while conducting maintenance and repair on two industrial fans at the Brantford facility. Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. failed as an employer to ensure applicable requirements under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and Ontario Regulation 851/90 were followed.

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