Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by National Steel Car Limited of Hamilton, Ontario, a railcar manufacturing company, was critically injured operating machinery that was not equipped with a guard or other device that prevents access to a pinch point, a violation of section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 (Regulation for Industrial Establishments), contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from the Western Standard News Service
A Calgary machining company’s conviction and $420,000 fine in connection to a workplace fatality has been upheld by the courts.
Inland Machining Ltd. was charged with 33 counts under Alberta’s occupational health and safety (OHS) laws following an incident on August 16, 2019, in which a worker was fatally injured while operating a manual lathe and became entangled with a moving part.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2025) as originally reported by the Canadian Press
Three companies have been fined $1.2 million over a workplace death in northern Alberta.
Suncor Energy Services Inc., Joy Global Canada Ltd., and NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Services Ltd. each pleaded guilty to a charge under Alberta’s occupational health and safety rules.
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Highline Produce Limited of Leamington, Ontario, a mushroom growing company, was critically injured operating equipment for which no measures, procedures, guards or other devices where in place to prevent access to a hazard. Highline Produce Limited failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker in the workplace, a violation of section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.