Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Resolute Forest Products Inc., Thunder Bay, Ontario, a pulp and paper company, was seriously injured while improperly using equipment to move a transformer without the appropriate steering handles and pads. Resolute Forest Products Inc. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section in the ‘Industrial regulation’ 851/90.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was injured after being struck by a truck frame that was being moved by a crane. A warning audible alarm was sounded but automatically shut off. An investigation determined that the alarm should be re-set manually by an operator.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers, employed by Lorik Tool & Automation Inc., of Brantford, Ontario were injured when a heavy electrical panel fell over while it was being moved. The employer failed to ensure that there was a procedure in place to prevent material from injuring workers by tipping or falling.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A child was killed at the J.M. Lahman Manufacturing Inc. factory when bundles of steel tubing fell. A worker/supervisor for the company was attending at the facility, accompanied by two children. One of the children was moving freely through the aisles of the facility unaccompanied. The worker used … Continue Reading