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.
Blog Post #41 – Enforcement Concerns Auditor
Excerpts from the Alberta Federation of Labour
A new report by the Auditor General of Alberta suggests that the province needs to drastically improve its approach to worker safety.
Blog Post #40 – Lavigne Tire Company Ltd, supervisor fined total $77,500
Lavigne Tire Sales Limited, a retailer and installer of tires in Burlington, was fined $70,000 on September 9, 2009, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was critically injured. Supervisor Dave Montour was fined $7,500 in relation to the same incident.
On April 20, 2007, a mechanic was using a tire changing machine to install a tire on a rim. This involved expanding the tire with air until it popped into a groove on the rim. Partway through the installation, the tire exploded. It struck the worker on the head and upper body, causing serious injuries to the head, upper body, jaw and wrist.
Blog Post #39 – Electrical Apprentice Killed on the Job
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Lockerbie & Hole Eastern Inc., a Brantford construction firm, was fined $250,000 on September 29, 2009, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was killed.