Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Ontario Power Generation has pleaded guilty to failing to follow notification procedures required under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and fined $75,000.
Blog Post #638 – A Saskatchewan Operator Guilty
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A Saskatchewan worker has been found guilty of two OH&S charges in connection with a massive explosion that killed two workers and injured five others in April 2008.
Blog Post #636 – Worker Fatality Spurs Penalty to In-Line Contracting Ltd.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Edmonton-based company has been fined $16,000 following an incident that killed a worker. In-Line Contracting Ltd. pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that an effective safeguard was put into place to prevent contact with a dangerous part of a machine, notes a statement from Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety in June, 2012.
Blog Post #635 – Alberta Firms Get Record Penalty
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Two related companies in Alberta have been fined a combined record amount of nearly $2,500,000 more than four years after a worker was fatally crushed in a workplace incident.