Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The company involved was Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Limited, a company that manufactured and serviced tank trucks, from Nepean, Ontario. The company’s director was Neil Greene.
Blog Post #1567 – Workplace Injury Results in $75,000 Fine for Brockville-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
The defendant failed to provide for the safe installation of siding and trim on a house from a height. Richard D. Steele Construction (1979) Ltd. failed as an employer to ensure that the requirements of section 125(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 (Construction Projects) were carried out at the project, and thereby violated section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
Blog Post #1566 – Workplace Injury Results in $57,000 Fine for Scarborough-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered injuries while working on a bread conveyor that was not equipped with the required guarding. Breadsource Corporation failed as an employer to ensure that measures and procedures prescribed by section 25 of Ontario Reg. 851, Industrial Establishments were carried out at a workplace contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1565 – Hearing Protection Shunned in British Columbia
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
Construction workers under 21 are less likely wear hearing protection on the job than those of any other age group in British Columbia, according to new statistics from WorkSafeBC, released on February 23, 2017.