Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The Corporation of the City of Brampton was fined $75,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a young worker was injured.
Blog Post #303 – Printing Company Fined $25,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Brant Screen Craft Inc., a Brantford printing company, was fined $25,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a worker to be injured.
Blog Post #301 – The Fear Mongers – Dealing with Bullying
Sticking up for yourself can be difficult — especially if it is your boss causing the grief. Workers who ignore being bullied will pay with their health, and employers will be left holding the tab. Bullying is simply bad for business.
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Angela Stelmakowich
Blog Post #299 – Landmark fines in 2009 Christmas Eve fatalities for Metron
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Greg Burchell
The highest criminal fine for corporate negligence causing death in Canadian history was handed down on Friday, but Ontario’s Federation of Labour says it is not enough.
Metron Construction Ltd., the company responsible for the deaths of four workers and the critical injury of another after a swing stage collapsed in Toronto in 2009, was fined $200,000 plus an additional $30,000 victim fine surcharge – double the previous largest fine and the first corporate guilty plea in Ontario since Criminal Code revisions were made in 2004. All 30 Occupational Health and Safety Act charges against Metron were dropped as part of the guilty plea.