Posts Tagged As: OHSA

Blog Post #1728 – Scent-free Policies Can Create Safer Workplaces

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Report from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety – June 10, 2025

Scents have the power to delight or offend us. Fragrances found in perfumes, soaps, lotions and other products, like a hint of vanilla or a whiff of lemon, are intended to be pleasurable and even stress-relieving. On the other hand, smells associated with industrial settings or workplace renovations – the smell of paint, carpet glue or industrial cleaning products – tend to be viewed as irritating. Regardless of the source, scents can be more than a matter of preference or a petty annoyance for workers who are sensitive. Exposure to scents can trigger migraines, allergic reactions and many other sometimes debilitating symptoms.

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Blog Post #1727 – Workplace Injury Results in $90,000 Fine for Hamilton-based Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by National Steel Car Limited of Hamilton, Ontario, a railcar manufacturing company, was critically injured operating machinery that was not equipped with a guard or other device that prevents access to a pinch point, a violation of section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 (Regulation for Industrial Establishments), contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1725 – Workplace Injuries Result in $130,000 Fine for Penetanguishene Psychiatric Hospital

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ Three workers, employed by Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care of Penetanguishene, Ontario, were injured in an incident involving a patient in a high-security forensic mental health unit. The employer failed to provide a worker with proper information, instruction and supervision to protect the worker’s health and safety, … Continue Reading

Blog Post #1724 – Workplace Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Mississauga Poultry Processor

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Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by AM Wholesale Meats Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario, a poultry processing and distribution facility, was injured by a falling pallet while operating a pallet truck in the shipping and receiving area. AM Wholesale Meats Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 45(b)(ii) of Ontario Regulation 851 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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