Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2024)
Quebec’s workplace safety board says a lack of training and equipment contributed to the deaths of two firefighters during a flood northeast of Quebec City in May 2023.
Blog Post #1614 – Workplace Fatality Results in $100,000 Fine for London Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Integrated Solutions Inc., of London, Ontario, a company that installs satellite dishes on residential roofs, was fatally injured by a fall while installing a satellite dish on the roof of a residence. By not ensuring the worker used fall protection while on the roof, Integrated Solutions Inc. failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1612 – Workplace Injury Results in $55,000 Fine for Ottawa Construction Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was injured by a swinging peri box that was rigged to a tower crane. Claridge Homes Inc., from Ottawa, Ontario, failed to ensure that the measures and procedures required by section 179(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section23(1)(a) of the Ontario Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1610 – Workplace Injury Leads to $70,000 in Fines for London Flooring Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by BNE Concrete Floors & Coatings Inc. of Cambridge, Ontario, was critically injured after prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed under section 47(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The company also failed to immediately notify an inspector of a critical injury at the workplace, contrary to section 51(1) of the Act.