Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Goldcorp Canada Ltd., the operator of Hoyle Pond, a Timmins mine, was fined $350,000 today for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed.
Blog Post #458 – Falling Worker Escapes Harm
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A window washer cleaning a Toronto building was saved by his fall arrest system after an equipment malfunction caused him to drop almost 20 storeys.
Blog Post #455 – Mining Company Charged
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (March 2010) A mining company in Newfoundland and Labrador faces nine health and safety charges following an incident in January of 2008. Teck Resources Limited has been charged with failing, as an employer, to provide a safe workplace, ensure workers were made familiar of the hazards they may face … Continue Reading
Blog Post #454 – Employer Fined $25,000 after Worker Killed
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Mike Vallee, an employer who operated a demolition and salvage business, was fined $25,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after one worker was killed and another was injured.