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 #470 – Flawed Demolition Probed
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A building demolition in Vancouver went sideways in June, causing two walls to topple and send dust and rubble into the street.
At about 6 pm on June 10, 2010, workers were in the process of demolishing the building in question when an excavator knocked down a wall and it fell into the street close to a pedestrian and passing car. Shortly thereafter, another wall crumbled, toppling a light standard and sending rubble into the street near a flagger. There were no injuries.