Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was observed by a Ministry of Labour inspector working on a pitched roof without wearing fall protection as required by law. Fall protection contraventions are considered to be one of the ‘killer contraventions’ within the Province of Ontario and are treated extremely seriously by the Ministry of Labour.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An employee of Recochem Inc. suffered a critical and permanent injury while reaching inside a bottle-making machine. Recochem Inc. is a company that produces, packages and distributes chemical products such as windshield washer fluid, automotive antifreeze, diesel exhaust fluid and a variety of household solvents and cleaners.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
During the shift of Oct. 30, 2017, a worker was critically injured while trying to extricate a broken polystyrene plant tray from a conveyor.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An employee of Vinyl Window Designs Ltd., 550 Oakdale Road, North York, Ontario, was killed after entering a barrier enclosure to troubleshoot a machine that had not been properly locked out.