Posts Tagged As: OSHA

Blog Post #1743 – North York-Based Company Fined $140,000, Supervisor Fined $7,000 After Serious Workplace Injury

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Fer-Pal Construction Ltd., 171 Fenmar Drive, North York, Ontario, a trenchless technology company involved in water main rehabilitation, suffered serious injuries after being exposed to hot water while working on a water main. Fer-Pal Construction Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 71 of O. Reg. 213/91: Construction Projects were carried out, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Additionally, Antonio Visconti, as a supervisor, contravened section 27(1)(a) of the Act.

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Blog Post #1739 – Workplace Injury Results in $100,000 Fine for Quebec Drilling Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Orbit Garant Drilling Services Inc. of Val-d’Or, Quebec, a company providing drilling services to the mining sector, was injured while trying to free a water hose that was caught on a drill rod. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 185(2) of Ontario Regulation 854/90 – ‘Mines and Mining Plants’ were carried out, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1738 – Workplace Injury Results in $60,000 Fine for Niagara-on-the-Lake Manufacturer

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Genaire Ltd. of Niagara-on-the-lake, was injured while attempting to reopen a container of hazardous paint that had been improperly stored. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 7(1)(c) of Ontario Regulation 860 were carried out in the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1737 – Workplace Injury Results in $130,000 Fine for Calgary-based Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by NOVA Chemicals Corporation of Calgary, Alberta, a petrochemical manufacturer that operates facilities across Canada, sustained serious injuries after hot liquid was discharged from an exhaust stack during maintenance work. The company failed to provide information, instruction and supervision to protect workers from hazards associated with intermittent blowdown operations, contrary to section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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