Report from the OH&S Canada magazine Spring (2024)
An Ontario company and its director have been fined a total of $680,000 after an explosion killed six workers and seriously injured another in January 2022.
Blog Post #1620 – Workplace Fatality Results in $125,000 Fine for Bradford Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured while lubricating the Potato Line. By not ensuring the line’s uptake conveyor was equipped with a guard, Gwillimdale Farms Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure the measures and procedures prescribed by section 25 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments were carried out in the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1619 – Saskatchewan Reports Lowest Workplace Injury Rate in History
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2024)
The total injury rate in Saskatchewan for 2023 was 3.95 per 100 workers – an almost nine per cent drop from 2022 and the lowest rate in the province’s history, according to the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board. (WCB)
Blog Post #1618 – Waterford Waste Disposal Company Fined $160,000 After Worker Fatality
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Norfolk Disposal Services Limited of Waterford, Ontario was fatally injured after a waste collection truck tipped over on a collection route. The company failed to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to ensure they were able to operate the vehicle safely, as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, contrary to section 66(1) of the Act.