Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by John Ernewein Limited of Walkerton, Ontario, was critically injured, and six other workers received minor injuries because of the collapse of roof trusses. The employer failed to ensure the trusses were adequately braced.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Oct. 2016)
A construction firm was fined $50,000 on August 11, 2016, in connection with a worker injury two years earlier.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
THS Industries Ltd., as an employer, and Xiaoye He, as a Director, failed to take all reasonable care to ensure equipment, materials and protective devices, as prescribed by Section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, were provided for nail-maker machines, leaving workers at risk of accessing moving parts inside the machines.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by R. F. Contracting Inc. of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario was seriously injured while cleaning an industrial furnace. The worker, whose fall protection harness and tether were not anchored, fell approximately 28 feet inside the furnace.