Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by Otter Energy Inc. was fatally injured at the workplace while performing a task associated with the installation of solar panels at the workplace. Otter Energy Inc. failed as an employer to ensure that every reasonable precaution was taken to prevent hazards to workers from energized electrical equipment, installations, and conductors.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Goldentrust Development Inc. was the constructor for the workplace. A self-employed owner of a sub-contractor was fatally injured at the workplace when they fell approximately six meters to the bottom of an unguarded elevator shaft. Goldentrust Development Inc. failed to ensure that the opening to the elevator shaft was protected by a guardrail to prevent a worker from falling into the shaft. This is an offence under section 26.3(1) of Regulation 213/91 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers Inc., a farming operation in the municipality of Norfolk County, failed to isolate workers after a COVID-19 outbreak.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2016)
Article by Jeff Cottrill, Editor
Less than two months after a reported at Canada’s largest newspaper took her own life, the publication has agreed to an external review of its workplace culture, but the union representing its journalists is pushing for a broader investigation into how that culture may have contributed to tragedy.