Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Sellick Equipment Ltd., a manufacturer and supplier of heavy machinery and rough terrain equipment in Harrow, Ontario, suffered critical injuries when a steel bar fell from an industrial magnet. The employer had failed to maintain a lift magnet in good condition.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Orin Contractors Corp. of Concord, Ontario, a contractor providing municipal construction. was killed when the scoop bucket attachment on an excavator fell on the worker. A hydraulic coupler attached to the excavator was operated in a manner that was not in accordance with the bucket attachment procedure in the operating manual.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Aurora King Masonry Ltd. of Toronto, a company specializing in masonry work. received critical injuries after falling from a platform. By law, a work platform over 2.4 metres (7.87 feet) must have a guardrail.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ (Aug. 24, 2020)
A worker suffered burns while transferring propane from a tank truck to propane tanks at a private residence on November 21, 2018.