Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Bernt Gilbertson Enterprise Limited of Richards Landing, Ontario, was critically injured when a motor fell during maintenance work being performed on a portable cone crusher. Gilbertson Enterprises failed as an employer to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. The accident took place on May 15, 2021.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An in-running nip hazard on machinery was unguarded resulting in a critical injury to a worker. The employee worked for ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P., of Hamilton, Ontario.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Canadian Waste Management Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, was injured after reaching into the hopper of a waste collection truck while its machinery was engaged. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure the truck was equipped with, and guarded by, a guard or other device to prevent access to its moving parts.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017)
A report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has concluded that ineffective risk management led to the death of a crew member of a fishing vessel in 2015.