Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The union representing Canadian railway workers is renewing calls for safer work conditions after a locomotive engineer died December 3, 2019.
Blog Post #1140 – Mine Worker Injured by Equipment, Company Fined $70,000
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered critical injury while riding in the bucket of a scooptram (similar to a front-end loader). The accident happened at the FNX Mining Company’s copper ore mine (Morrison Mine) near Onaping (Sudbury area), Ontario.
Blog Post #1138 – IKEA Worker Injured by Trolleys, Company Fined $55,000 in Toronto
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An employee working at the IKEA retail store at 15 Provost Drive, Toronto, was critically injured while moving shopping trolleys. The accident happened on February 25, 2017.
Blog Post #1136 – Construction Site Fatality Results in $90,000 Fine
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A person (not a worker) entered a building and fell down an elevator shaft, later succumbing to injuries. No signs were posted on the site warning of danger or that entry was forbidden, as required by law.