Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2017)
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, was fined $50,000 on January 13, 2017, after municipality employees were exposed to asbestos for 25 days while removing and replacing equipment in a well house at the Waterloo water-pumping station from October 02nd to the 27th in 2015.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker sustained fatal injuries operating a personnel lift while preparing to spray paint a railcar. National Steel Car Limited failed to maintain in good condition the safety release button inside the personnel lift, contrary to section 25(1) (b) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Feb. 2017)
In the wake of recent amendments to the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) regarding the mining sector, the provincial Mining Legislative Review Committee has formed four new subcommittees to deal with the industry’s safety hazards.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (February 2017)
The Regina Provincial Court ordered on equipment operator to pay restitution and serve a conditional sentence on December 20, 2016, after he pleaded guilty to defrauding the Saskatchewan Workers Compensation Board (WCB) of about $80,000.