Posts Tagged As: Occupational Injury

Blog Post #1634 – Workplace Injury Results in $175,000 Fine for Drayton Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Marvara Farms Ltd. of Drayton, Ontario, an agricultural business that also operates a recycling and reclaiming factory, was critically injured after falling from equipment in the factory into an operating cardboard bale hopper. Marvara Farms Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 at a workplace were enforced, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1633 – Workplace Injury Results in $70,000 Fine for Construction Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Steed and Evans Ltd. of St. Jacobs, Ontario, a civil infrastructure and material supply company, was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle while performing sewer chamber work on a roadway. By failing to position adequate warning signs or barriers to protect the worker, Steed and Evans Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 67(4) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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