Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
J.R. Contracting Property Services Ltd., a Woodbridge company engaged in garbage removal and hauling, and a supervisor have been found guilty of failing to ensure the safety of a worker who fell off a roof. The company was fined $75,000 and the supervisor has been sentenced to 45 days in jail. A company representative has also been fined $2,000 for obstructing a Ministry of Labour investigation.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Alberta has set its sights on improving safety on the infamous Highway 63, otherwise known as the “Highway of Death,” that is claimed more than 100 lives since 2000.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia (WCB) and the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education are teaming up on a new social marketing campaign to help prevent back injuries at work.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A young worker was killed in a forklift rollover incident on June 12, 2012.
Shortly before 8:30 am, 19-year-old Herve Bernhard, an employee of Design Built Mechanical Inc., in Charla New Brunswick, was fatally injured when a forklift fell on him, Fidele Cormier, Assistant regional Director for WorkSafeNB’s northeast region.