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Blog Post #1735 – Workplace Injury Results in $125,000 Fine for Oakville Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Samuel, Son & Co. of Oakville, Ontario, a company that provides steel coil processing services and packaging, was injured while repairing a steel coil between a turnstile and down-ender table where no guard or shield was in place to prevent access to the hazard, a violation of section 26 of the Ontario Regulation 851, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1731 – Workplace Injury Results in $70,000 Fine for Toronto Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by National Logistics Services (2006) Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, a retail logistics provider for global lifestyle brands, was critically injured by a forklift. The company failed, as an employer, to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act

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Blog Post #1729 – Workplace Violence Injury Results in $55,000 fine for Vancouver-based Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Richmond Street Warehouse Restaurant Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, a chain of restaurants and bars, was injured during an incident of workplace violence. The company failed to develop, maintain and implement a workplace violence policy compliant with Section 32.0.2(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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