Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A judge who headed the inquest into a school bus crash that killed an Alberta girl says all drivers should have to disclose health issues, list medications they’re on and submit to random drug tests.
Blog Post #75 – Highrise Window Technologies Inc. Fined $160,000 After Worker Killed
Excerpts from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
Highrise Window Technologies Inc., a Concord, Ont. company that makes windows for high rise buildings, was fined $160,000 on April 3, 2009 for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, after a worker was killed. On September 19, 2007, a worker was cutting, loading onto a cart, and moving cut glass from a cutting machine to a washing machine. One cart was overloaded, a rear castor on it broke off while in motion, and glass fell off the cart, pinning the worker between the fallen glass and the cutting machine.
Blog Post #73 – Domtar Inc. Fined $87,000 After Worker Injured
Excerpts From the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A Montreal, Quebec company that makes pulp, paper, and wood products at facilities across Canada and the United States, was fined $87,000 on April 16, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #71 – Wasteco Fined $85,000 After Worker Dies
Excerpts from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Southern Sanitation Inc., a Toronto garbage hauling company carrying on business as Wasteco, was fined $85,000 on April 16, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), after a worker was killed.