Posts Tagged As: occupational death

Blog Post #1534 – Workplace Fatality Results in $280,000 Fine for Toronto Waste Management Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was fatally struck by a dump truck at a landfill site. Waste Management of Canada Corporation failed, as an employer, to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for a signaler were carried out, as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1528 – Mining Company and Mining Service Company Fined a Total of $430,000 After Workplace Fatality

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by SCR Mines Technology (2013) Inc., of Val Caron, Ontario, a company that provides specialty underground mine development and maintenance service, was fatally injured when blasted ore saturated with concrete and water overwhelmed protective barriers at the base of a mining shaft used to transfer ore and mining waste from the Lac Des Iles Mine. The Lac Des Iles Mine is managed by Impala Canada Ltd., of Toronto, Ontario.

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Blog Post #1525 – Toronto Countertop Installation Company Fined $100,000 After Workplace Fatality

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by GTA Granite and Marble Countertops Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, was fatally injured when they were struck by a slab of granite that tipped over while it was being removed from a storage rack. GTA Granite and Marble Countertops Inc. failed to ensure the stone slab was removed from the rack in a manner that would not endanger the safety of any worker.

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