Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotia is touting improvements on the oh&s front that helped reduce work-related fatalities to 21 last year in 2010 and to cut the lost-time injury rate by 16.5 per cent since 2008.
Blog Post #510 – Brewers Retail Inc. Fined $175,000 after Worker Killed
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Brewers Retail Inc., a Mississauga company that owns and operates beer stores in Ontario, was fined $175,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed by methanol poisoning.
Blog Post #502 – Fleet Lube Plus Inc. Fined $60,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Fleet Lube Plus Inc., operating as Mid-West Collision Division, a Mississauga truck and trailer maintenance and repair company, was fined $60,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #501 – Owner Fined in Death of Teen
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The owner of a Manitoba paving company that employed a 15-year-old who was buried in hot asphalt two years ago has been fined almost $34,000 in the teen’s death.