Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
Aaroc Aggregates Limited, a London operator of four mining pits, was fined $65,000 on August 13, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #115 – In the Logging Industry, Faller Skills to Get Tested
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
British Columbia’s forest industry is looking to bring faller safety up a notch with the release of a new program. Last December, officials for the British Columbia Forest Safety Council (BCFSC) announced plans to pilot a re-evaluation system to assess faller skills. The expectation is that the pilot will be completed this year and the re-evaluation program will be fully operational and mandatory starting in 2009.
Blog Post #113 – Milton House Assembler Fined $65,000 After Worker Seriously Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Stelumar Advanced Manufacturing (Milton) Inc., a Milton house assembler, was fined $65,000 on July 20, 2009, for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was seriously injured.
Blog Post #112 – Hauler Runs Over Truck
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A vehicle operator working at a bitumen operation in northern Alberta suffered fatal injuries when his pick-up was run over by a heavy hauler dump truck that weighed 350-tonnes.