Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (December 2016)
A large grain farm in the village of Leask, Saskatchewan was fined $1,500 on October 06, 2016, for failing to report a workplace incident to the province’s oh&s authorities two years earlier.
Blog Post #1531 – Stratford Truck and Trailer Repair Company Fined $55,000 After Workplace Injury
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered an injury when a piece of wire was ejected from a grinder wire wheel. Humphrey Fleet Service Inc. failed to ensure that the worker was wearing eye protection appropriate in the circumstances, contrary to regulations and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1529 – Workplace Accident Results in $60,000 Fine for Drayton Meat Packing Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was injured during the delivery of a steer to a holding barn. Contrary to safety procedures, Peel Meat Packers Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure a protective gate between the animal and worker was properly maintained, as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1527 – Mining Company Fined $50,000 After Workplace Injury
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Impala Canada Ltd., of Toronto Ontario, a mining company that operates the Lac Des Iles Mine, an open-pit and underground palladium mine, suffered critical injuries after falling from a scissor lift work platform while installing a silencer on a fan in the Lac Des Iles Mine’s ventilation system. At the time, the guardrails on the scissor lift platform had been removed. Impala Canada Ltd. failed to ensure measures and procedures prescribed by the Mines and Mining Plants Regulation were carried out in the workplace.