Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
1483322 Ontario Inc., carrying on business as Signature Events Rental Shoppe, pleaded guilty and was fined $100,000 after a young worker was killed and others were injured while erecting a tent for a wedding.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Jebco Industries Inc., a company that operates a coatings, linings and moulding facility in Innisfil, has pleaded guilty and has been fined $30,000 after a worker was observed working on top of a flatbed trailer without using a safety harness or other fall protection equipment as required by law. No one was injured.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario ‘Newsroom’
Recovery Abatement & Insulation Ltd., a Harrowsmith business that conducts asbestos abatement, has pleaded guilty and has been fined $25,000 after workers were exposed to asbestos dust on a job site. A supervisor, Gregory Simpson, pleaded guilty to failing to ensure workers used protective clothing and equipment, and was fined $4,000.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotia is commissioning a review on the health, social, economic and environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing.
Commonly known as “fracking”, the process involves pumping fluid or gas down a well to fracture rock below ground to access natural gas. “We have heard from Nova Scotians that they want to have their say and that review should be independent of government; we’ve listened on both counts,” Department of Energy Minister Charlie Parker said on August 28, 2013.