Posts Tagged As: machine guarding

Blog Post#600 – Bombardier Fined $280,000 after Workers Suffer Injuries

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Bombardier Transportation Canada Inc., a global corporation that manufactures rail transportation systems, has been convicted in two separate cases involving injuries to workers and fined a combined total of $280,000. Both incidents took place at its production facility located at 1001 Montreal Street in Thunder Bay.

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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.

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