Posts Tagged As: Section 27 of the ACT

Blog Post #1694 – Toronto Construction Company and Two Supervisors Fined $625,000 Total After Worker Fatality

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Limen Group Construction of Toronto, Ontario, was fatally injured by a falling concrete block. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 172(1) of Ontario Regulation 213 were carried out at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. It also failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Act. The two supervisors failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 27(2)(c) of the Act.

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Blog Post#1685 – Toronto Company Fined $110,000 After Workplace Fatality

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed Millwick Waste Recycling Inc. of North York, Ontario, a full waste recycling company, was fatally injured in a wheel-loader collision. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 56 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1648 – Construction Project Supervisor Fined $10,000 After Workplace Injury

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Ryan Wilkes is a project supervisor employed by The Lake Partnership Inc.  A worker fell through an opening in the floor of a home under construction. Mr. Wilkes failed, as a supervisor, to ensure that the worker was protected by a guardrail or protective covering as required by section 26.3(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 27(1)(a) 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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