Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was critically injured while moving a heavy metal beam at the Facility. Misteelco Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure the beam was handled without endangering the safety of a worker as prescribed by section 45(b) of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was seriously injured while repairing the brakes on a motor home. Bert’s Truck and Trailer Repair Inc. failed, as an employer, to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for preventing an elevated vehicle from falling on a worker were carried out, as outlined in section 74 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments.
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.
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.