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Blog Post #58 – Explosion Kills Homeowner – Lands Aecon With a $225,000 Fine

February 8, 2023March 21, 2011 by Dan

Aecon Construction Group Inc. was fined $225,000 on March 7 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after an explosion that killed a homeowner.

During the summer and fall of 2008, Union Gas Ltd. started providing natural gas service to residential neighbourhoods outside of Owen Sound. Union Gas contracted Aecon to install the natural gas lines. One of the homes being serviced, on Front St. in East Linton, had a private propane service on the property. This included a storage tank and buried supply lines.

Blog Post #54 – Torus Construction Limited Fined $110,000 After Worker Killed

February 2, 2023March 13, 2011 by Dan

Excerpts from the Ontario Government ‘Newsroom’

Torus Construction Limited, an Ottawa paving company, was fined $110,000 on January 22, 2010, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was killed.

Blog Post #50 – Sherritt International Corporation Fined $285,000 After Young Worker Killed – Canada Talc

February 2, 2023March 5, 2011 by Dan

Excerpts from the Government of Ontario’s Newsroom

Sherritt International Corporation, a natural resource company operating as Canada Talc, pleaded guilty and was fined $285,000 today for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a young worker was killed.

Blog Post #46 – Two Men Electrocuted in Edmonton, Alberta – ” Here We Go Again !!!

February 1, 2023February 21, 2011 by Dan

Excerpts from the Alberta Confederation of Labour

EDMONTON – Two men are dead after farm machinery they were transporting came in contact with an overhead power line Thursday evening.

Occupational Health and Safety sent investigators out to the accident, but they left shortly afterwards without conducting a full investigation. The deaths happened on a farm, and farms aren’t covered under Alberta’s workplace safety laws.

Alberta is the only province in Canada where farm workers are not covered in some capacity by workplace legislation.

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