Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Inspectors from the Ministry of Labour (MOL) are holding a workplace safety blitz, in an effort to prevent the most common worker injuries.
Blog Post #1109 – Death of Pedestrian Results in $195,000 Fine to Sudbury Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On September 30, 2015, A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a road grader that was reversing. The worker was working for Interpaving Limited in Sudbury, Ontario, a company contracted to undertake water-main improvements and repaving in downtown Sudbury.
Blog Post #1107 – Worker Crushed by Mobile Home, RV Resort Fined in London Court
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Workers were moving a mobile home at the Golden Pond RV Resort, 4340 Cromarty Drive, RR 2, Mossley, Ontario, a mobile home and recreational vehicle residential park and campground, from one site to an adjacent one when the mobile home shifted, fell off the jacks supporting it, and came down on one of the workers, who died from the injuries.
Blog Post #1106 – Toronto Bakery Facing Heavy Scrutiny After Worker Death
Report by: Marcel Vander Wier for the OH&S Canada magazine
The September 25, 2019 death of a Fiera Foods worker in Toronto has sparked protests in a comprehensive review into the health and safety culture and practices of the industrial bakery.