Posts Tagged As: Policies and Procedures

Blog Post #1670 – Workplace Injury Leads to $50,000 Fine for Hearst-based Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by C. Villeneuve Construction Co. Ltd., of Hearst, Ontario; a construction contractor. was critically injured as a result of the company’s failure to ensure adequate machine guarding contrary to section 196(3.1) of Regulation 854, Mines and Mining Plants. This is an offence pursuant to section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1668 – Workplace Injury Results In $55,000 Fine for Toronto Rubber Products Manufacturer

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Rubber Technologies Corp. of Toronto, Ontario was critically injured while trying to clear a blockage from a machine. By failing to ensure the motion from a rotary valve was stopped before cleaning, National Rubber Technologies failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 75 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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

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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