Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Aecon Construction Group Inc. was fined $225,000 on March 7, 2011 for its failure to request that the owner of a propane service locate and mark it prior to excavation.
Blog Post #541 – Leavoy Rowe Beef Co. Was Fined $50,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Leavoy Rowe Beef Co. Ltd. of Toronto, a company that provides specialty cutting of high-end meat for restaurants and other institutions, has been fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker sustained serious injuries resulting in the loss of fingers.
Blog Post#540 – Collapsed Roof Kills Two
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Grief seized a small Ontario town where two volunteer firefighters died in the line of duty on March 17, 2011, while battling a blaze downtown.
Blog Post #532 – Dismissal Not the Result of Raising Safety Concerns
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
After years of legal wrangling, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled in April, 2011, that the captain of a ferry that sank five years earlier was not terminated because he raised safety concerns.