Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Evans Lumber and Builders Supply Limited, a Sudbury wood and lumber store, was fined $85,000 for two violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was fatally injured.
Blog Post #581 – Oil Sands Trial Delayed
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine and the Alberta Federation of Labour
A decision was made in September, 2011, to delay the trial for at least two companies charged in the deaths of two temporary foreign workers.
Blog Post #577 – Amputation in Entrainment
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Waterloo Textiles Ltd., a yarn manufacturer in Cambridge, Ontario, has been fined $75,000 after pleading guilty to failing to ensure a machine was equipped with a guard or other device to prevent access to moving parts.
Blog Post #568 – Falling Equipment Spurs Fine at Wabush Mines
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An international mining and natural resources Company that operates a mine in Wabush, Labrador has been fined more than $80,000 following the injury of a worker three years ago.