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Gary D. Robinson Contracting Ltd. of St. Thomas, Ontario, failed to ensure that steel trusses were transported, placed or stored in a manner that would not tip, collapse or fall, as required by section 45(b)(i) of Regulation 851/90, a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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A worker, employed by BNE Concrete Floors & Coatings Inc. of Cambridge, Ontario, was critically injured after prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed under section 47(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The company also failed to immediately notify an inspector of a critical injury at the workplace, contrary to section 51(1) of the Act.
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A worker, employed by MTCA Inc., was seriously injured after being struck by a forklift. The company failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed under section 11(a) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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On February 1, 2023, a worker, employed by Forages Technic-Eau Inc. / Technic-Eau Drillings Inc., of Sherbrooke, Quebec, was unloading boxes from an idling crawling carrier that was parked beside a pickup truck. The worker failed to apply the parking brake before exiting the crawling carrier. When exiting the vehicle, the worker then accidentally made contact with its control levers.