Posts Tagged As: Ontario Health and Safety

Blog Post #1640 – Making Space for Safety

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The intensity and variety of occupational hazards presented by confined space worksites demands robust legislation and diligence from employers – but is that enough? By Jack Burton The following report, as well as the previous statement, are those of Jack Burton, a freelance writer and regular contributor to the OH&S Canada magazine. (Thank you from … Continue Reading

Blog Post #1638 – Two Companies Fined $230,000 Total After Workplace Fatality

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by New Horizon Development Group (Waterdown) Inc. of Burlington, Ontario, a construction company, fell from the roof of a building under construction. New Horizon failed to ensure there were warning signs posted about the fall hazard, as required by section 23(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. TKEM Electric failed to provide information, instruction or supervision related to the fall hazard as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Act.

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Blog Post #1637 – Power Company and Supervisor Fined $262,000 Total After Critical Workplace Injury

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Hydro One Networks Inc., of Toronto, Ontario, a power supply company, and Gregory Diebold, a supervisor, was critically injured after a copper wire they were holding, made contact with a live powerline. Hydro One failed to ensure that work performed on or near electrical transmission or distribution systems was performed in accordance with section 132 of the Electrical Utility Safety Rules as required by section 181 of Ontario Regulation 213/91. The supervisor failed to take every reasonable precaution to prevent hazards to workers from energized electrical equipment, installations and conductors, as required by section 183 of the Regulation.

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Blog Post #1634 – Workplace Injury Results in $175,000 Fine for Drayton Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Marvara Farms Ltd. of Drayton, Ontario, an agricultural business that also operates a recycling and reclaiming factory, was critically injured after falling from equipment in the factory into an operating cardboard bale hopper. Marvara Farms Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 at a workplace were enforced, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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