Posts Tagged As: OHSA

Blog Post #1610 – Workplace Injury Leads to $70,000 in Fines for London Flooring Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by BNE Concrete Floors & Coatings Inc. of Cambridge, Ontario, was critically injured after prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed under section 47(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The company also failed to immediately notify an inspector of a critical injury at the workplace, contrary to section 51(1) of the Act.

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Blog Post #1607 – Workplace Injury Results in $70,000 Fine for Quebec Manufacturing Company

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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.

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Blog Post #1602 – Workplace Injury Results in $60,000 Fine for Quebec Drilling Company

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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.

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Blog Post #1600 – Woodstock Car Dealership Fined $125,000 After Worker Fatally Injured

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker employed by Woodstock Ford, a car dealership and service centre, was fatally injured after falling from a stepladder. The company failed to take the reasonable precautions of ensuring that the worker worked from a ladder or platform designed to be used at the required working height, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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