Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Mattamy 2000 Inc., of Oakville, was fined $55,000 yesterday for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Foremont Drywall Inc., of Brampton, was fined $45,000 in relation to the same incident.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An oil worker died December 28, 2009 after being struck in the head by a large container lid at a drilling site about 35 kilometres southwest of Cardston, Alberta.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Oxymoron is: A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory terms. I have explained in the past, that Alberta has one of the poorest safety records in Canada. Below is another recent issue that has to be dealt with. I would assume, as has happened in other less recent events, any and all parties will be found innocent due to lack of evidence. (or the lack of effort)
Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) has filed three safety charges against the village of Point Edward, Ontario, and four charges each against two supervisors after the death of a volunteer firefighter during a training exercise in January, 2010. Gary Kendall, a 51-year-old veteran volunteer firefighter with Point Edward Fire & Rescue, died on the morning of January 30, 2010, when he became trapped under a large ice floe during an ice-water rescue training exercise.