Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2021)
BLS Ashphalt in Regina was fined $350,000 in Weyburn Provincial Court on June 22, 2021 after being found guilty of two counts under OH&S regulations.
Blog Post #1471 – Kitchener Company and CEO Fined $100,000 in Total for Machine Guarding Violations
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
THS Industries Ltd., as an employer, and Xiaoye He, as a Director, failed to take all reasonable care to ensure equipment, materials and protective devices, as prescribed by Section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, were provided for nail-maker machines, leaving workers at risk of accessing moving parts inside the machines.
Blog Post #1466 – Food Manufacturer Fined $80,000 After Worker Injured in Peterborough
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered a critical injury from a conveyor belt at the Hunter Street plant. Pepsico Canada ULC failed, as an employer, to ensure the conveyor belt was guarded to prevent access to an in-running nip hazard, as required by the Regulation for Industrial Establishments.
Blog Post #1464 – Workplace Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Cornwall Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Laminacorr Industries Inc., of Cornwall, Ontario, was critically injured while performing duties at the company’s Marleau Avenue facility.