Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Canadian Linen and Uniform Service Co. pleaded guilty and was fined $95,000 on November 25, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #170 – Hospital Fined $10,000 After Workers Became Ill
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Corporation, Burlington, was fined $10,000 on December 8, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after workers became ill.
On April 30, 2008, Joseph Brant Memorial was informed that a patient who had just been admitted to the hospital had been in contact with scabies, a highly contagious skin rash caused by microscopic mites. The next day, the hospital’s infection control manager implemented a scabies surveillance protocol at the hospital. Hospital workers reported skin rashes from late May to late July 2008. During July, two workers were diagnosed with scabies and lost time from work.
Blog Post #169 – Saltillo Imports Inc. Fined $50,000 After Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
Saltillo Imports Inc., a Toronto dealer of granite, marble and ceramic tile flooring, was fined $50,000 on November 18, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #168 – Ford Motor Company – Fine Tops One Million Dollars
Excerpt from the OHS Canada magazine
by Emily Landau, Editorial Assistant
Ford Motor Company of Canada was penalized more than $1 million on May 25 following the deaths of two workers in separate incidents in 2008 and 2009.