Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Three workers, employed by Lehigh Cement Limited, now operating as Heidelberg Materials Canada Limited, of Calgary, Alberta, were injured while performing maintenance on a cement kiln. The company failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was injured while attempting to clear a jam on a production line. Alcot Plastics Ltd. and Martin Alac failed to ensure that a machine was guarded to prevent access to a pinch point.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Regional Sewer and Watermain Ltd., of Cambridge, Ontario was injured after falling from the bucket of a front-end loader. Regional Sewer and Watermain Ltd. failed to ensure the worker did not use the bucket of the front-end loader as a work platform, which is prohibited by section 107 of Ontario Regulation 213/91 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by the Corporation of the Municipality of Lambton Shores, in Forest, Ontario, was injured while trying to clean a Zamboni ice re-surfacer. The Corporation of the Municipality of Lambton Shores failed to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker with respect to the safe operation, maintenance and/or cleaning of the ice re-surfacer, contrary to section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.