Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2023)
Ontario is introducing new rules for mines in the province that call for increased ventilation and lower exposure to diesel exhaust.
Blog Post #1654 – Chatham Constructor Fined $85,000 After Worker Fatality
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by John Harris Concrete Ltd. of Chatham, Ontario, a very small construction company specializing in concrete foundations, was fatally injured while cutting down a tree. The company failed, as an employer, to provide training to the worker as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1652 – Toronto Manufacturing Company Fined $90,000 for Worker Safety Offence
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Siltech Corporation, a chemical manufacturing company, failed, as an employer, to ensure containers were bonded and grounded as required by section 22(4)(b) of Ontario regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1650 – Workplace Injury Results in $175,000 Fine for Cambridge Company
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Canadian General, of Cambridge, Ontario, a company that produces polymeric coated textile fabrics and vinyl films for automotive and industrial applications, was injured after being caught in the pinch point of a machine. The company failed to ensure the worker was protected from the pinch point, as required by section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.