Posts Tagged As: Fall Protection Accidents

Blog Post #118 – The Disregard of Fall Protection – Right at My Doorstep

It was an agitated Daniel L. Beal who witnessed a total disregard for human life during the daytime on Wednesday August 03, 2011. At that time, I was covering for our receptionist who was on her own training course (clerical) and I watched three individuals, on top of a restaurant in Peterborough, attempting to install a large replacement air conditioner in the pouring rain.

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Blog Post #104 – Durez Canada Company Limited And Supervisor Fined $73,000 Total After Worker Seriously Injured

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.

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Blog Post #3 – Scaffold Accident Toronto December 24, 2009

Except from the OH&S Canada magazine

There are 61 charges laid against the ‘Metron Construction Company’ of Toronto and ‘Swing N Scaff’ of Ottawa. Five men fell, approximately 13 stories when the scaffold they were using to repair balconies snapped in half. One of the workers lived through the accident and had his legs crushed and his spine broken.

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