Posts Tagged As: Ontario Legislation

Blog Post #1618 – Waterford Waste Disposal Company Fined $160,000 After Worker Fatality

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Norfolk Disposal Services Limited of Waterford, Ontario was fatally injured after a waste collection truck tipped over on a collection route. The company failed to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to ensure they were able to operate the vehicle safely, as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, contrary to section 66(1) of the Act.

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Blog Post #1616 – Two Windsor Companies Fined $130,000 in Total After Worker Injury

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Description of Offence: Two workers were injured when a section of an unbraced masonry block wall collapsed.

Fortis Construction Group Inc. failed, as a constructor, to ensure that the wall was adequately braced as required by section 31(1)(b) of Regulation 213/91, a violation of section 23(1)(b) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1612 – Workplace Injury Results in $55,000 Fine for Ottawa Construction Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was injured by a swinging peri box that was rigged to a tower crane. Claridge Homes Inc., from Ottawa, Ontario, failed to ensure that the measures and procedures required by section 179(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section23(1)(a) of the Ontario Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1611 – Workplace Injury Results in $55,000 Fine for St. Thomas-based Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 Gary D. Robinson Contracting Ltd. of St. Thomas, Ontario, failed to ensure that steel trusses were transported, placed or stored in a manner that would not tip, collapse or fall, as required by section 45(b)(i) of Regulation 851/90, a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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