Posts Tagged As: OSHA

Blog Post #1666 – Workplace Injury Results In $50,000 Fine for Barrie Manufacturer

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Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Wolf Steel Ltd. of Barrie, Ontario, was critically injured while moving pieces of wood on a wooden cart. By failing to ensure the cart provided to move materials did not endanger the safety of the worker, Wolf Steel Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 45(a) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1665 – Workplace Fatality Results in $225,000 Fine for Brampton-based Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Brampton Brick Ltd., of Brampton, Ontario; a manufacturer of clay bricks and concrete blocks, was fatally injured as a result of the company’s failure to ensure adequate machine guarding that prevents access to a pinch point in accordance with section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851. This is an offence pursuant to section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1662 – Workplace Injury Leads to $80,000 Fine for Ottawa-based Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd. of Ottawa, Ontario, a concrete contractor, was injured when moving a fly form, a system used for supporting poured concrete slabs on buildings during construction. The company failed to ensure the fly form was stored and moved in a manner that did not endanger the worker, as required by section 37(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, and contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1661 – Workplace Injury Results in $65,000 Fine for Waterloo Company

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Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Valley Blades Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario, a company that manufactures blades, cutting edges and other accessories for construction, mining and snow removal equipment, was injured after their clothing became entangled with operating machinery. The company failed, as an employer, to prohibit the worker from wearing loose clothing around a source of entanglement, as required by section 83(2) of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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