Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
A camp operator that provides lodging and meals for industrial staff has been fined more than $200,000 by WorkSafeBC after one of its workers contracted COVID-19 and was later found dead.
Blog Post #1696 – Foreman Acquitted of Criminal Charge in Death of Worker Who Fell During Store Construction
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
Jeff Gooch, a construction site foreman, has been acquitted of criminal negligence causing the death of one of his workers by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.
Blog Post #1694 – Toronto Construction Company and Two Supervisors Fined $625,000 Total After Worker Fatality
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Limen Group Construction of Toronto, Ontario, was fatally injured by a falling concrete block. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 172(1) of Ontario Regulation 213 were carried out at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. It also failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Act. The two supervisors failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 27(2)(c) of the Act.
Blog Post #1690 – Niagara Falls Manufacturer Fined $220,000 Following Workplace Fatality
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Brunner Manufacturing & Sales Ltd., a manufacturer of commercial vehicle components, failed, as an employer, to acquaint workers with the hazards of deviating from instructions provided in a machine’s operating manual, contrary to section 25(2)(d) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.