Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Aecon Construction Group Inc. was fined $225,000 on March 7, 2011 for its failure to request that the owner of a propane service locate and mark it prior to excavation.
Blog Post #528 – Concerns over Propane Tank in Nova Scotia
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotia’s department of education in Halifax is conducting a hazard assessment to determine if a propane tank in Nova Scotia, in close proximity to an elementary school is an acceptable risk to students and facility being built near the propane depot.
Blog Post #463 – Excavator Operator Crushed In Cab
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Ontario quarry worker suffered fatal crushing injuries when a falling boulder landed on the cab of the excavator in which he was sitting.
Post #348 – Curtain Wall Assembler Fined $50,000 after Worker Seriously Injured and For Safety Violations
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Zimmcor (1993) Inc., a Concord, Ont., company that assembles curtain walls, was fined $50,000 on May 16, 2011, after a worker was seriously injured and for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act.