Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Atlas Dewatering Corporation, a Concord company dealing in groundwater control, was fined $75,000 on February 10 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was critically injured. Patrick Maher, a supervisor with the company, was fined $6,000 in relation to the same incident.
Two construction companies have been fined in the death of a little girl who was hit by debris from a Calgary worksite.
Found in the Government of Ontario Newsroom
Lafarge Canada Inc., a manufacturer of construction material, pleaded guilty way back on January 20, 2010 to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that caused the death of a worker. The company was fined $350,000.
Excerpts from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Provincial health and safety inspection are in no danger of becoming privatized, says Peter Fonseca, Ontario’s Labour Minister.