Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers employed by Gerdau Ameristeel located in Whitby, Ontario were injured after being struck with a piece of waste material that fell from a furnace. There was no overhead protection to protect the workers from the hazards of falling material.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Thyssenkrupp Elevator (Canada) Limited of Ottawa, Ontario, was injured while repairing an elevator that had not been properly locked out.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2016)
An employee of a steel manufacturing plant in South Edmonton died from a fall on January 19, 2016.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2016)
A British Columbia company was fined nearly $56,000 on December 21, 2015 after WorkSafeBC completed its inspection of an explosion that injured three workers and it would-pellet plant in Burns Lake on October 9, 2014.