Posts Tagged As: OHSA

Blog Post #1536 – Workplace Injury Results in $170,000 Fine for Mississauga-based Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was critically injured while conducting maintenance and repair on two industrial fans at the Brantford facility. Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. failed as an employer to ensure applicable requirements under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and Ontario Regulation 851/90 were followed.

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Blog Post #1534 – Workplace Fatality Results in $280,000 Fine for Toronto Waste Management Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was fatally struck by a dump truck at a landfill site. Waste Management of Canada Corporation failed, as an employer, to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for a signaler were carried out, as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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