Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Clarksburg-based Golden Town Apple Products was fined $75,000 on March 12, 2010 for a violation of the Occupational Health & Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was hurt.
Blog Post #36 – Linamar Holdings Inc. Fined $100,000
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Linamar Holdings Inc., operating as Roctel Manufacturing, a maker of car parts, was fined $100,000 on March of last year (2010) for a violation of the OHSA that caused an injury to a worker.
Blog Post #32 – EFCO Canada Company – Fines for Health & Safety
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A Nova Scotia maker of steel forms, used in construction, was fined $45,000 on August 21, 2009, for a violation of the Occupational Health & Safety (OHSA) In March 2008. A constructor was building an intake line from the Welland Canal to the Thorold Cogeneration power site. To do this, they needed to install a cofferdam, a structure built below water level that serves as a dry workplace. EFCO designed and provided the parts for the cofferdam. On March 28, 2008, the constructor had installed the cofferdam and was removing the water inside it when the cofferdam failed. No workers were hurt.
Blog Post #31 – An Example Bill C45 is Working and is Needed
We all remember the scaffold accident that happened near the end of Christmas Eve day at the end of 2009. Metron Construction Inc. had 5 employees on their swing stage and it broke sending 4 out of the 5 employees to their death, 13 stories below. The 5th employee received 2 broken legs and a crushed spine.