Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotia is investing $1.86 million to support the purchase of safety equipment and education opportunities for home support workers, the provincial government announced on July 18, 2019.
Blog Post #1081 – Freight Company Fined $85,000 After Worker Suffers Permanent Injury
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
At Consolidated Fastfrate Inc., a national provider of logistic services, including shipping and warehousing, on February 12, 2016, A worker who was operating a forklift struck another worker who could not be seen because the forklift operator had an obstructed view of the forklift’s path of travel. The injured worker suffered a permanent injury.
Blog Post #1078 – Firm Penalized over Job-Related Death
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A Toronto company that provides concrete for the construction industry was fined $130,000 on July 9, 2019 over a worker fatality.
Blog Post #1077 – Company Fined $60,000 After Worker Falls from Peterborough Building
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Pro Renovations Solutions Inc. of Mississauga, was subcontracted to make repairs to an apartment building in Peterborough, Ontario. On November 01, 2016, a worker on a 10-storey building lost balance at the roof edge and fell to the ground, sustaining critical injuries as a result. The worker was not protected by any form of fall protection while on the roof.