Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A young worker was killed in a forklift rollover incident on June 12, 2012.
Shortly before 8:30 am, 19-year-old Herve Bernhard, an employee of Design Built Mechanical Inc., in Charla New Brunswick, was fatally injured when a forklift fell on him, Fidele Cormier, Assistant regional Director for WorkSafeNB’s northeast region.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The union representing workers at a General Electric facility says it will continue to fight with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) over its decision to deny the claims of 150 of its members.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Ontario Power Generation has pleaded guilty to failing to follow notification procedures required under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and fined $75,000.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Edmonton-based company has been fined $16,000 following an incident that killed a worker. In-Line Contracting Ltd. pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that an effective safeguard was put into place to prevent contact with a dangerous part of a machine, notes a statement from Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety in June, 2012.