Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Linamar Holdings Inc., operating as Roctel Manufacturing, a maker of car parts, was fined $100,000 on March of last year (2010) for a violation of the OHSA that caused an injury to a worker.
Blog Post #31 – An Example Bill C45 is Working and is Needed
We all remember the scaffold accident that happened near the end of Christmas Eve day at the end of 2009. Metron Construction Inc. had 5 employees on their swing stage and it broke sending 4 out of the 5 employees to their death, 13 stories below. The 5th employee received 2 broken legs and a crushed spine.
Blog Post #29 – Man Dies in Quarry Accident
Excerpt from ctvottawa.ca
Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating a workplace accident that killed a 26-year-old man as he worked at a privately-owned quarry near Manotick. The man was working an excavator Thursday morning at 6107 First Line Rd., a jobsite owned by Green Valley Environmental, a waste water company specializing in septic system services. As he scooped up part of a 30-50-foot mound of rock and gravel with his machinery, it’s believed part of the pile collapsed, tumbling on top of him. The incident crushed the cab, with him inside. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Blog Post #27 – A $60,000 Fine for a Forklift Mishap
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Asia Pulp & Paper (Canada) Ltd., a Toronto manufacturer of pulp and paper products, was fined $60,000 on June 09, 2009 for a single violation under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHSA) after a worker was seriously injured.