Posts Tagged As: healthandsafetytraining

Blog Post #1636 – Police Search for Answers at ‘Vast’ Quebec Explosion Site – Part 2

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Report from Google report July 07, 2025 A fatal explosion occurred at a Quebec fuel distributor, Propane Lafortune, in St-Roch-de-l’Achigan on January 12, killing three workers. The explosion, which involved a gasoline vapor ignition during welding repair work on a tanker truck, also destroyed the building. Details of the incident:  Cause: A welder was repairing cracks … Continue Reading

Blog Post #1634 – Workplace Injury Results in $175,000 Fine for Drayton Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Marvara Farms Ltd. of Drayton, Ontario, an agricultural business that also operates a recycling and reclaiming factory, was critically injured after falling from equipment in the factory into an operating cardboard bale hopper. Marvara Farms Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 at a workplace were enforced, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1633 – Workplace Injury Results in $70,000 Fine for Construction Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Steed and Evans Ltd. of St. Jacobs, Ontario, a civil infrastructure and material supply company, was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle while performing sewer chamber work on a roadway. By failing to position adequate warning signs or barriers to protect the worker, Steed and Evans Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 67(4) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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