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A worker, employed by Linamar Corporation, carrying on business as Linamar Gear of Guelph, ON, an automotive parts manufacturer, was critically injured as a result of the company’s failure to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 45(a) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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A worker, employed by Janco Steel Ltd. of Stoney Creek, Ontario, a steel processing company, was fatally struck by a large industrial forklift. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 56 of Ontario Regulation 851, as amended, were carried out, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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A worker, employed by Precision Stamping of Windsor, Ontario, an industrial stamp press factory, was critically injured after being pinched between two metal racks due to a forklift collision. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the equipment was maintained in good condition, as required by section 25(1)(b) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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Two workers, employed by John Kenyon Limited of Hamilton, Ontario, a siding design and installation company, were fatally injured when the defendant failed to take the reasonable precaution to ensure the workers were not performing work on a quench tower while the quenching process took place, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.