Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by FIO Automotive Canada Corporation (FIO), suffered a critical injury at the workplace when a 1,500-pund feed bar was knocked out of its support cradle and struck the worker who was operating the crane. FIO contravened a section of the ‘Industrial Regulations’ by failing to ensure that a feed bar that may tip or fall and endanger any worker was secured against tipping or falling.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Trouw Nutrition suffered an injury at the workplace due to a lift truck accident. Trouw Nutrition failed to notify an inspector immediately of the occurrence of a critical injury, as required.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016)
Following Manitoba’s recent adoption of legislation allowing paid and unpaid time off work with guaranteed job security for victims of domestic abuse, the New Brunswick Union (NBU) – the association for the province’s civil servants and government employees – is lobbying for the province to enact a similar law.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’. A worker, employed by Westdale Construction Co. Limited, a company which owns and operates a high-rise residential apartment building, suffered a fall resulting in critical injuries while performing HVAC maintenance work.