Posts Tagged As: OHSA

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

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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Blog Post #1597 – Workplace Injury Results in $55,000 Fine for Windsor Manufacturer of Aluminum Products

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was injured while operating a saw on an aluminum extrusion press. Can Art Aluminum Extrusion Canada Inc. failed to ensure the measures and procedures prescribed under section 24 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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