Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
3M Canada Company was fined $55,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #300 – Hurray – I Finally Made it!
It has been my sincere pleasure to bring all this important information to the readership. The research has been fun and is hard work, but if you love something, then it becomes easy to do.
There are still many more things needed to be said and I will continue to say them. There are still too many employers not understanding their responsibilities under the ACT and appropriate regulations. I see it every day. Just the other day, I had an employer come in for training on ‘Fall Protection’ and he allows his employees to use body belts as a travel restraint device when working on the roof. In fact, the workers tie off to the front ‘D’ ring. Could you picture someone falling with this set up? He/she would fall and land sideways and probably severely injure his/her back with possible long term complications. The proper way for ‘Fall and Travel Restraint is to attach to the back ‘D’ ring on a full body harness so as to end up in an upright position.
Blog Post #289 – Workers in Conditions that are Wanting
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A British Columbia reforestation company has been ordered to pay more than $232,000 after the province’s labour ministry discovered violations ranging from unpaid wages to unauthorized deductions.
Blog Post #263 – OH&S Charges Laid against Mine Operator and Supervisor
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A slew of occupational health and safety charges have been laid against mine operator Vale Limited in connection with a double fatality one year ago.