Posts Tagged As: Fall Protection in Ontario

Blog Post #1429 – Workplace Injury Results in $90,000 Fine for Grocery Store Chain

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Two workers employed by Farm Boy Company Inc. were dismantling a walk-in cooler at a warehouse facility in the Ottawa area. One of the workers used a scissor lift elevated work platform to step on the roof of the cooler to unscrew metal plates attached to the roof panels. The roof collapsed, causing the worker, who was not wearing fall protection, to fall over 10 feet to the concrete floor below. The worker sustained injuries as a result. The accident happened on June 01, 2021.

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Blog Post #1377 – Workplace Fatality Results in $60,000 Fine for Braeside Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker performing work for ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. suffered a fatality resulting from the use of a bucket truck. ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. failed, as a constructor, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by O. Reg. 213/91, made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, were carried out at the project.

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Blog Post #1374 – Awareness Program Proposed

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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016)

The Ontario Ministry of Labour is seeking feedback on proposed amendments to the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that will require construction workers to complete a hazard-awareness training program, according to a news bulletin that the Ministry issued on May 16, 2016.

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