Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Durez Canada Company Limited, a Toronto-based manufacturer of resins and plastics, was fined $70,000 on June 26, 2009, for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was seriously injured. A company supervisor, Pat Driver, was also fined $3,000 in relation to the case on May 1, 2009.
I have had the honour of suggesting changes in the Ontario, as well as the rest of Canada, health and safety legislation. The previous 99 blogs deal with Canadian content, specifically those in Ontario.
I thought it appropriate to complete the 100th blog with a recent example of an accident in the Galveston , Texas area. It just goes to show that health and safety is a 24/7 responsibility and occupational accidents have no borders.
I do not know the legislation and what laws are broken and it is my hope that someone from the great state of Texas will fill our readers in. Is it covered under Federal or State law? If I receive any follow-up on this particular incident I will forward it to the readers.
Thank you all for the dedicated readership during the first 100 blogs. The comments number over 6,900 as of today’s date, June 26, 2011 and it is my sincere wish to continue to provide quality blogs on health and safety for a long time to come.
Daniel L. Beal
Senior Trainer for HRS Group Inc.
Vice President