Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Kingsview Carpentry Ltd. of Vaughan, Ontario, a construction company specializing in residential carpentry, was fatally injured at a construction project after falling while positioning wooden roof trusses. The company failed, as an employer, to meet the requirements of section 125(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2024)
A small construction company and its director have been fined $117,500 after pleading guilty to violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act in an Ontario court.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2024)
Amico Contractors Inc. has been fined $80,000 after two workers were injured falling from a work platform.
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by C. Villeneuve Construction Co. Ltd., of Hearst, Ontario; a construction contractor. was critically injured as a result of the company’s failure to ensure adequate machine guarding contrary to section 196(3.1) of Regulation 854, Mines and Mining Plants. This is an offence pursuant to section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.