Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2024)
Amico Contractors Inc. has been fined $80,000 after two workers were injured falling from a work platform.
Blog Post #1669 – Stockyard Fined $325,000 After One Worker Killed and Another Injured
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Summer 2023)
On May 14, 2024, Spiritwood Stockyards (1984) Ltd. pleaded guilty in Spiritwood Provincial Court to two violations of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020.
Blog Post #1666 – Workplace Injury Results In $50,000 Fine for Barrie Manufacturer
Report from the Ontario government’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Wolf Steel Ltd. of Barrie, Ontario, was critically injured while moving pieces of wood on a wooden cart. By failing to ensure the cart provided to move materials did not endanger the safety of the worker, Wolf Steel Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 45(a) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1665 – Workplace Fatality Results in $225,000 Fine for Brampton-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Brampton Brick Ltd., of Brampton, Ontario; a manufacturer of clay bricks and concrete blocks, was fatally injured as a result of the company’s failure to ensure adequate machine guarding that prevents access to a pinch point in accordance with section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851. This is an offence pursuant to section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.