Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Resolute FP Canada Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, a producer of wood, pulp, tissue and paper products, was fatally injured while performing maintenance on a machine that was inadequately locked out.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Regional Sewer and Watermain Ltd., of Cambridge, Ontario was injured after falling from the bucket of a front-end loader. Regional Sewer and Watermain Ltd. failed to ensure the worker did not use the bucket of the front-end loader as a work platform, which is prohibited by section 107 of Ontario Regulation 213/91 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Sin Structures Inc. of Brampton, Ontario, was critically injured during the construction of a bridge. Contrary to safety procedures, Sin Structures Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure equipment was moved without endangering the safety of a worker as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine (December 2016)
The proprietor of a Dorchester-based roofing company was sentenced on November 03, 2016, to serve 3 days in prison and pay a $5,000 fine over an incident in a fall in 2015, in which an employee was injured in a fall last year.