Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Matpol Metal Roof Manufacturing Ltd., carrying out business as Canadian Metal Roof Manufacturing Ltd, of Kitchener, Ontario N2B 3V6, is a construction company that installs metal roof systems.
Blog Post #1553 – Two Oxford County Construction Companies Fined a Total of $400,000 After Workplace Fatalities and Injuries
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers died and four others were critically injured when a section of a building under construction collapsed. iSpan Systems LP (iSpan) failed to ensure that a building, structure or any part thereof, was capable of supporting any loads that may be applied to it. East Elgin Concrete Forming Ltd. (East Elgin) failed to provide proper information, instruction and supervision, specifically on the use of proper concrete measuring techniques on the project. Both offences are contrary to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1552 – Workplace Injury Results in $65,000 Fine for Brampton-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was critically injured by an automatic roll-down door while operating a lift truck. Nova Cold Logistics ULC o/a Americold failed, as an employer, to ensure the bottom edge sensor on the roll-down H-Door was maintained in good condition, contrary to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1544 – Mining Company Charged
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2016)
Toronto-based mining company Glenmore Canada Corporation is facing multiple charges over the death of 54-year-old Richard Pigeau, who was killed when a piece of machinery struck him on the Nickel Rim South Mine in Sudbury on October 20, 2015.