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Blog Post #1724 – Workplace Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Mississauga Poultry Processor

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Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by AM Wholesale Meats Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario, a poultry processing and distribution facility, was injured by a falling pallet while operating a pallet truck in the shipping and receiving area. AM Wholesale Meats Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 45(b)(ii) of Ontario Regulation 851 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1550 – Workplace Injury Results in $75,000 Fine for London-based Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 A worker was critically injured while moving a heavy metal beam at the Facility. Misteelco Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure the beam was handled without endangering the safety of a worker as prescribed by section 45(b) of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1524 – Workplace Fatality Results in $75,000 Fine for Newmarket Construction Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was fatally injured during the erection of retaining walls at a construction site for a four-storey apartment building. Contrary to safety procedures, 2671475 Ontario Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure a worker was protected by means of a signaller as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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