Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by MTCA Inc., was seriously injured after being struck by a forklift. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed under section 11(a) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2022)
Report by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Corner
This is the first article of a three-article ongoing report from the CCOHS. I felt it necessary to pass this complete article on because of the growing stress in the world today and the need to address workplace stress in general.
Daniel Beal – CHSEP Advanced
CEO of HRS Group Inc.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On February 1, 2023, a worker, employed by Forages Technic-Eau Inc. / Technic-Eau Drillings Inc., of Sherbrooke, Quebec, was unloading boxes from an idling crawling carrier that was parked beside a pickup truck. The worker failed to apply the parking brake before exiting the crawling carrier. When exiting the vehicle, the worker then accidentally made contact with its control levers.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2022)
A Saskatchewan court has fined a contracting company $70,000 after a worker was injured while loading concrete forms.