Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Description of Offence: Two workers were injured when a section of an unbraced masonry block wall collapsed.
Fortis Construction Group Inc. failed, as a constructor, to ensure that the wall was adequately braced as required by section 31(1)(b) of Regulation 213/91, a violation of section 23(1)(b) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2024)
Quebec’s workplace safety board says a lack of training and equipment contributed to the deaths of two firefighters during a flood northeast of Quebec City in May 2023.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Integrated Solutions Inc., of London, Ontario, a company that installs satellite dishes on residential roofs, was fatally injured by a fall while installing a satellite dish on the roof of a residence. By not ensuring the worker used fall protection while on the roof, Integrated Solutions Inc. failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2022)
Specially trained and better equipped security staff now working at Manitoba’s largest hospital – The Sciences Centre – in a bid to reduce violence against health-care workers. More institutional safety officers, armed with pepper gel and greater powers than regular security guards, are to be posted later in other health-care settings.