Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Resolute FP Canada Inc., operator of a paper mill, pleaded guilty and has been fined $150,000 after a worker was burned following an explosion of wood dust.
Blog Post #850 – Self-Storage Facility Fined $100,000 in Death on North Bay Site
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Seavale Incorporated pleaded guilty and has been fined $100,000 after a visitor to its self-storage facility in North Bay fell through an open hole and was killed in the fall.
Blog Post #849 – Missed Stop Signal Cited
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) concludes that a missed signal led to a collision between two Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) trains, which injured a conductor.
Blog Post #847 – Cancer Linked to Firefighting
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Firefighters in Newfoundland and Labrador are looking forward to legislative changes that will allow them to claim workers’ compensation for cancer in the future, after a report by the province’s Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (WHSCC) recommends that cancer be considered a workplace hazard for career firefighters.