Excerpt from the Ontario Government ‘Newsroom’
On January 18, 2010, Ontario Power Generation Inc., pleaded guilty and was fined $100,000 yesterday for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #47 – Vale Closes Furnace at ‘Copper Cliff’ Smelter
By The Canadian Press
Vale (VALE-N) closed its No. 2 flash furnace in Sudbury early on Sunday morning Feb. 6 after molten metal leaked out between the tapping block and the furnace, the company has confirmed.
The failure of a tapping block on the northeast wall of the furnace caused the metal leak, which then ruptured cooling water lines and caused a reaction in the furnace.
Blog Post #45 – Atlas Dewatering Corporation Fined
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Atlas Dewatering Corporation, a Concord company dealing in groundwater control, was fined $75,000 on February 10 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was critically injured. Patrick Maher, a supervisor with the company, was fined $6,000 in relation to the same incident.
Blog Post #43 – Lafarge Canada Inc. Fined $350,000 After Worker Killed
Found in the Government of Ontario Newsroom
Lafarge Canada Inc., a manufacturer of construction material, pleaded guilty way back on January 20, 2010 to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that caused the death of a worker. The company was fined $350,000.