Posts Tagged As: Safety Engineering

Blog Post #1644 – Maple Construction Company Fined $250,000 After Four Workers Injured, Two Fatally

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Four workers, employed by Direct Underground Inc., Maple, Ontario, a sewer and watermain construction company were injured, two of them fatally, during the installation of a new underground sewer system. Direct Underground Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure that the walls of the excavation were supported by a shoring system or appropriately sloped, as required by section 234(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1641 – Workplace Injury Results in $180,000 Fine for Windsor Company

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Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Saturn Tool & Die (Windsor) Inc. of Oldcastle, Ontario, an automotive parts manufacturer, was fatally injured while troubleshooting a stamping press. Saturn Tool failed to ensure that the motion of any part of the press that could endanger a worker was stopped and blocked during maintenance work, as required by section 75 of Ontario ‘Industrial Establishments’ Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1640 – Making Space for Safety

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The intensity and variety of occupational hazards presented by confined space worksites demands robust legislation and diligence from employers – but is that enough? By Jack Burton The following report, as well as the previous statement, are those of Jack Burton, a freelance writer and regular contributor to the OH&S Canada magazine. (Thank you from … Continue Reading

Blog Post #1634 – Workplace Injury Results in $175,000 Fine for Drayton Company

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Marvara Farms Ltd. of Drayton, Ontario, an agricultural business that also operates a recycling and reclaiming factory, was critically injured after falling from equipment in the factory into an operating cardboard bale hopper. Marvara Farms Ltd. failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 at a workplace were enforced, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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