Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The proprietor of a Dorchester-based roofing company was sentenced on November 03, 2016, to serve 3 days in prison and pay $5,000 fine over an incident in which an employee was injured in a fall last year.
Blog Post #908 – Farming Safety Gets Boost in Manitoba
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), an organization that represents Manitoba farmers regarding agricultural policy in the province, will get more than $432,000 in funding from the federal and provincial governments over the next two years.
Blog Post #907 – Farm Worker Killed by Concrete Block, Employer Fined $18,000
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A farm owner pleaded guilty and has been fined $18,000 after a worker helping to build a bridge was killed when a concrete block slipped off a tractor and rolled down a ravine.
Blog Post #905 – Alberta Farming and Ranch Safety – Update 1
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
More than two years after Alberta passed legislation with new safety rules for farms, Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province is still consulting and has no specific timeline to enact the regulations.