Original Report by: Buzz Hargrove
David Ellis, an 18-year-old student from Burlington, Ont., became entangled in a commercial dough mixer in a bakery. He died on Feb. 17, 1999. It was his second day on a job that was to last only three weeks.
Blog Post #1061 – Baked Goods Company Fined $70,000 After Worker Injured by Dough Machine
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On July 30, 2016, at FGF Brands Inc., 475 North Rivermede Road, Concord, Ontario, a commercial food manufacturing company that produces baked goods, a temporary worker was trapped and injured by a dough machine that had been started up while cleaning was being done.
Blog Post #1060 – Caregiving A Gendered Task
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Despite their growing numbers in the workforce, women are much more likely than men to stop working, work part-time or take time off work during the week to care for an older relative. This is the finding of a study published on April 08, 2019 by the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto.
Blog Post #1059 – Newmarket Company Fined $135,000 After Worker Fatally Injured by Forklift
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A company was found guilty of a health and safety contravention after a temporary worker was critically injured and later died after being struck by a forklift on October 22, 2015 at the Bodycote Thermal Processing Canada Inc., 630 Newpark Boulevard, Newmarket, Ontario.