Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Bermingham Construction Ltd., a Hamilton construction company, was fined $65,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. A supervisor at the company was fined $4,000 in relation to the same incident.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (March 2010) By: Jason Contant About one-third of executives responding to a recent poll say they are discouraged from hiring individuals with disabilities amid concerns over managing potential underperformance issues. The survey of 110 human resource senior executives from a cross-section of Ontario-based businesses was released in November. Thirty-six … Continue Reading
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Mike Vallee, an employer who operated a demolition and salvage business, was fined $25,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after one worker was killed and another was injured.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine By Jason Contant One need only look back to last Christmas Eve in Toronto for a grisly example of why proper fall protection is so very important. It was the afternoon of December 24, 2009 when a swing stage separated in the middle, sending five construction workers plummeting 13 … Continue Reading