Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Rieter Automotive Mastico Ltd. was fined $120,000 on May 11, 2011, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was seriously injured.
Post #347 – Worker Buried when Earth Wall Collapses Dies
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The collapse of an earth wall, measuring 15 metres high and 18 metres wide, recently claimed the life of a dump truck driver at a construction site.
Randolph James Williams, a 47-year-old employee of Steph Trucking, was sitting in the cab of his dump truck at about 3:30 pm on February 14, 2008 when an earth pile crumbled onto the vehicle.
Blog Post #342 – Settlement for Harassed, Intimidated Workers in Nova Scotia
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A group of employees at a Nova Scotia tissue bank have been awarded $10,000 after they were found to have been intimidated and harassed on the job.
Blog Post #340 – $1.5 Million Penalty for Workplace Accident in Alberta – Congratulations!
Posted by Shane Todd on January 30, 2013
SSEC Canada Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of Sinopec Shanghai Engineering, has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in relation to a workplace accident that killed two foreign nationals and injured three others in Alberta. The fine is widely being reported as the largest fine imposed for a workplace accident in Alberta.