Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015)
As part of ‘Violence Prevention Month’ in New Brunswick, a new ‘Nursing Home Violence Prevention’ toolkit was distributed in many of the provinces nursing homes in November 2015.
Blog Post #1351 – Worker Injured at Transformer Facility in Maple, ON – Company Fined $50,000
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker, employed by Northern Transformer Corporation of Maple, ON L6A 4P5, a company that manufactures electrical transformers, was critically injured while performing work at the company’s manufacturing facility. On May, 24, 2019, a worker employed by Northern Transformer Corp., was performing work at the company’s manufacturing facility … Continue Reading
Blog Post #1281 – Regional Centre Fined $80,000 for Hospital Workers’ Injuries from Workplace Violence
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers, employed at the Southlake Regional Centre, were injured as a result of workplace violence exercised by a patient.
Blog Post #1277 – Worker Struck by Exploding Cap, $70,000 Fine for City of London
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by the Corporation of the City of London, Ontario, was injured when a cap on a drain pipe shot off and struck the worker, resulting in critical injuries. The employer failed to take the reasonable precaution of ensuring that the internal pressure of the drain pipeline was released before the mechanical joint end cap was removed and/or loosened.