Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Facca Incorporated, an Essex County heavy construction contractor, was fined $60,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #482 – Workers Allege Mistreatment
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A British Columbia work camp was shut down amid allegations of unsafe work conditions and employment standards violations.
On July 21, 2010, a group of workers publicly alleged that they had been mistreated by their employer, Khaira Enterprises Ltd., while working at the company’s silviculture camp near Golden, British Columbia, says a spokesperson for the Ministry of Labour in Victoria. “The conditions they described include a lack of proper sanitation and clean drinking water, inadequate food and shelter and unpaid wages,” the spokesperson says.
Blog Post #481 – Charges in Farming Deaths
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Twenty-nine charges have been laid against two companies and four individuals after three workers were killed at a British Columbia mushroom farm in 2008.
Blog Post #458 – Falling Worker Escapes Harm
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A window washer cleaning a Toronto building was saved by his fall arrest system after an equipment malfunction caused him to drop almost 20 storeys.