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.
Blog Post #1380 – Health Authority Charged
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016)
An investigation by OH&S officials from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has led to charges against the Eastern Regional Health Authority or Eastern Health, one of its supervisors and two employees.