Posts Tagged As: Health and Safety

Blog Post #1321 – Worker Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Toronto Food Products Producer

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker, employed by Select Food Products of Toronto, Ontario, was injured while trying to remove a stuck label on a labeler machine. The labeler machine was not equipped with a guard that prevented access to the pinch point as required by law. Select Food Products is an … Continue Reading

Blog Post #1320 – Unions Protest New Budget

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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2015)

The new federal budget proposed by the Conservative government has come under fire from the national public-sector unions, who feel that the budget’s plan to create a $1.4 billion surplus comes at the price of the health and safety of federal employees.

Blog Post #1319 – Death of Worker Results in Trial, Fine of $210,000 for Chelmsford Construction Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by R.M.Bélanger Ltd. of Chelmsford, Ontario, was killed when a wooden telephone pole rolled while it was being loaded with a forklift onto a trailer. R.M. Belanger Ltd. is a company that provides institutional, commercial and industrial construction services.

Blog Post #1318 – Inquest Adjourned in Light of New Evidence

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Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2015)

Original story: Jeff Cottrill

British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe announced on March 25, 2015 that an ongoing inquest into the fatal Lakeland sawmill explosion in Prince George in 2012 had been temporarily adjourned, citing newly disclosed information about subsequent investigations into the tragedy.