Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (December 2016)
A vegetable-processing company in the community of Delhi, Ontario was fined $54,000 on October 20, 2016over a worker’s permanent injury.
Blog Post #1547 – St. Thomas Hardware and Building Centre Retailer Fined $70,000 After Workplace Injury
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered critical injuries when they were struck by a forklift operated by another worker in the Geerlinks Home Hardware Building Centre lumber yard. Geerlinks failed to provide information, instruction and/or supervision to workers regarding the operation of forklifts.
Blog Post #1546 – Greater Sudbury Mining and Construction Contractor Fined $125,000 After Workplace Injury
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was critically injured when a construction drill rig tipped on uneven ground and struck them. Consbec Inc. failed to ensure the worker had been provided sufficient information, instruction and supervision on the safe operation of the drill rig. Consbec Inc. is a surface and underground mining and civil construction contractor.
Blog Post #1544 – Mining Company Charged
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2016)
Toronto-based mining company Glenmore Canada Corporation is facing multiple charges over the death of 54-year-old Richard Pigeau, who was killed when a piece of machinery struck him on the Nickel Rim South Mine in Sudbury on October 20, 2015.