Published by WorkSafe BC on: June 18, 2024
New risk-reduction strategy is based on a comprehensive review of crane safety and informed by stakeholder input and feedback.
Blog Post #1666 – Workplace Injury Results In $50,000 Fine for Barrie Manufacturer
Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Wolf Steel Ltd. of Barrie, Ontario, was critically injured while moving pieces of wood on a wooden cart. By failing to ensure the cart provided to move materials did not endanger the safety of the worker, Wolf Steel Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 45(a) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1665 – Workplace Fatality Results in $225,000 Fine for Brampton-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Brampton Brick Ltd., of Brampton, Ontario; a manufacturer of clay bricks and concrete blocks, was fatally injured as a result of the company’s failure to ensure adequate machine guarding that prevents access to a pinch point in accordance with section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851. This is an offence pursuant to section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1664 – Quebec Offering Free Legal Counsel to Victims of Workplace Harassment and Sexual Violence
Report from City News in Montreal (Posted June 14, 2024)
The Quebec government will provide $2.4 million over four years to the Juripop Legal Clinic, to help employees who have suffered psychological harassment or sexual violence at work.