Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A construction company in Prince Edward Island — recently fined $50,000 in the death of an employee last year — has gained the dubious distinction of receiving the first conviction under the province’s new, stiffer fine schedule.
Article posted January 2008 – OH&S Canada magazine
By: Umair Abdul
Grant De Patie worked the graveyard shift at an Esso gas station in the quiet community of Maple Ridge, British Columbia. The 24-year-old thought it was an okay job, says his father, Doug De Patie, it being the latest of several gas station jobs Grant had held over his short work life.
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Lushington Grant, sole proprietor of Mississauga-based Century Estates, was fined $26,000 on June 24, 2011, after being convicted of multiple violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Dustin Greer, a supervisor with Barabco Design/Build Inc., a North York constructor, was fined $8,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a worker to be injured. He was also fined $4,000 for providing an inspector with false information.