Posts Tagged As: Section 27 of the ACT

Blog Post #1716 – Workplace Injury Results In $60,000 Fine for Milton Distributor

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Fidelity PAC Metals Ltd. of Milton, Ontario, a distributor of metal bars and pipes, was injured while taking inventory of metal rods. By not ensuring the rods were stored correctly, Fidelity PAC Metals Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 45, subsection (b) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1711 – Nepean Company Fined $60,000 After Worker Injured

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Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Advanced Building Innovation Company Inc. of Nepean, Ontario, a maker of prefabricated homes for construction sites, was injured by an automatic nailing machine while performing repairs. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure the machine was properly locked out, contrary to section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 and section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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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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