Posts Tagged As: OSHA

Blog Post #1725 – Workplace Injuries Result in $130,000 Fine for Penetanguishene Psychiatric Hospital

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ Three workers, employed by Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care of Penetanguishene, Ontario, were injured in an incident involving a patient in a high-security forensic mental health unit. The employer failed to provide a worker with proper information, instruction and supervision to protect the worker’s health and safety, … Continue Reading

Blog Post #1724 – Workplace Injury Results in $50,000 Fine for Mississauga Poultry Processor

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Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by AM Wholesale Meats Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario, a poultry processing and distribution facility, was injured by a falling pallet while operating a pallet truck in the shipping and receiving area. AM Wholesale Meats Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 45(b)(ii) of Ontario Regulation 851 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1719 – Toronto Contractor Fined $80,000 After Workplace Fatality

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 A worker, employed by KAS Aluminum & Copper Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario, a contractor that installs windows, eavestroughs and siding, was fatally injured falling from a roof. The company failed to ensure the worker was using fall protection when exposed to the hazard of falling more than three metres, contrary to section 26.1(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 as required by section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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