Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2022)
Canadians are well aware of the dangers of distracted driving, but that is not stopping many of them from engaging in unsafe behaviours.
Blog Post #1385 – Workplace Fatality Results in $120,000 Fine for Welland-Based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured while performing duties at a construction site in Welland, ON.
Blog Post #1382 – Workplace Injury Results in $25,000 Fine for Guelph Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Trouw Nutrition suffered an injury at the workplace due to a lift truck accident. Trouw Nutrition failed to notify an inspector immediately of the occurrence of a critical injury, as required.
Blog Post #1381 – Migrant Worker Killed by Coronavirus on an Ontario Farm
Excerpt from the Summer 2022 Edition of the OH&S Canada magazine
Scottlynn Sweet Pac Growers in Vittoria, Ontario, plead guilty to health and safety violations after one of its workers contracted Covid-19 and died. It was fined $125,000 plus a 25% victim fine surcharge. The maximum fine the court could have imposed was $1.5 million.