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Post #345 – Garbage Container Improperly Installed in Quebec

April 13, 2020February 15, 2013 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

A garbage container’s improper installation and a rusted cable contributed to the crushing death of a worker in 2007, concludes Quebec’s Commission de la sante et de la securite du travail (CSST).

On June 6, 2007, a garbage collector with Les Enterprises J. L. R. was picking up recyclable material from a client’s yard when the accident occurred, says CSST spokesperson Eric Arseneault. A sudden slackening in the steel winch cable connected to the container resulted in a hook releasing from the eyelet, causing the container to fall, Arseneault reports. Positioned under the raised container at the time, Martin Labranche was fatally injured.

Post #344 – Barabco Supervisor Fined $12,000

April 13, 2020February 12, 2013 by Dan

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.

Blog Post #333 – Fall Protection Revamped in New Brunswick

April 12, 2020January 16, 2013 by Dan

Seven years of research, consultation and legal drafting have produced new ‘Fall Protection’ requirements in New Brunswick that came into force on January 1, 2009.

Changes to the General Regulation, under the province’s OH&S Act, include the following: preference for systems that do not allow a worker to fall, such as guardrails and travel restraints; additional instruction and training obligations; new provisions for roofing and weatherproofing sectors; reference to new and updated Canadian Standards Association guidelines; and extra responsibilities for building owners to ensure anyone carrying out work on their behalf complies with the rules.

Blog Post #299 – Landmark fines in 2009 Christmas Eve fatalities for Metron

April 9, 2020October 18, 2012 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine

By: Greg Burchell

The highest criminal fine for corporate negligence causing death in Canadian history was handed down on Friday, but Ontario’s Federation of Labour says it is not enough.

Metron Construction Ltd., the company responsible for the deaths of four workers and the critical injury of another after a swing stage collapsed in Toronto in 2009, was fined $200,000 plus an additional $30,000 victim fine surcharge – double the previous largest fine and the first corporate guilty plea in Ontario since Criminal Code revisions were made in 2004. All 30 Occupational Health and Safety Act charges against Metron were dropped as part of the guilty plea.

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