Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (October 2016)
The Alberta Ministry of Labour laid four charges against a recycling firm on August 17, 2016 over an incident in Edmonton two years.
Blog Post #1447 – Workplace Injury Results in $90,000 Fine for Grocery Store Chain
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On June 1, 2021, two workers were dismantling a walk-in cooler. One of the workers, who was not wearing fall protection, used a scissor lift elevated work platform to step on the top of the freezer to unscrew metal plates attached to the roofing panels.
Blog Post #1445 – Worker Fatality During Electrical Maintenance Results in $200,000 Fine for Toronto Hydro
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited, Toronto, ON, an electric utility that owns and operates the electricity distribution system for the City of Toronto, suffered a fatal injury while performing work in an underground electrical vault.
Blog Post #1444 – Firms Charged over Injury in NWT and Nunavut
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2016)
The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut has charged four employers and four individuals over an incident that left a worker injured during the summer of 2015.