Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’. A worker working at a home operated by Pathways to Independence was fatally injured as a result of an incident of workplace violence.
Blog Post #1377 – Workplace Fatality Results in $60,000 Fine for Braeside Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker performing work for ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. suffered a fatality resulting from the use of a bucket truck. ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. failed, as a constructor, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by O. Reg. 213/91, made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, were carried out at the project.
Blog Post #1376 – Union Calls for Abuse Law
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016)
Following Manitoba’s recent adoption of legislation allowing paid and unpaid time off work with guaranteed job security for victims of domestic abuse, the New Brunswick Union (NBU) – the association for the province’s civil servants and government employees – is lobbying for the province to enact a similar law.
Blog Post #1370 – Company Sentenced over Worker Death
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016)
An automotive manufacturing company was sentenced to pay a fine of $175,000 on May 25, 2016 over a workplace accident that led to the death of an employee.