Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was critically injured falling from a height during the maintenance and repair of an oxygen furnace. Contrary to safety measures and procedures prescribed by regulations and the Occupational Health and Safety Act, B. Phillips Company (1987) Limited failed to prevent access to the hazardous area or provide a guardrail and/or fall protection devices for the protection of workers.
Article by Jeff Cottrill – Editor of the OH&S Canada magazine
Article from the January 2017 edition
Note# – We can see as far back as 2017 there was a working need to enhance security for the TTC. (Dan Beal)
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine ((January 2017)
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has worked out an information-sharing agreement with the federal government to protect the rights of the province’s temporary foreign workers (TFW). The agreement, announce by the Ministry on December 16, 2016, will facilitate the exchange of data about employers and recruiting agents between the federal and provincial governments.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker died from injuries sustained in an explosion at a workplace. The construction supervisor of Infrastructure Coatings (Ontario) Corporation failed, as a supervisor, to ensure that a fire extinguisher was provided at a project where open-flame operations were carried out, as prescribed by Ontario Regulation 213/91 and contrary to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.