Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Spartan Weatherguard Exteriors, of North Gower, Ontario, was seriously injured when they slipped on ice that had accumulated on an elevated platform and fell through a gap between the platform and a wall.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Homestead Land Holdings Limited, of Kingston, hired Reimar Construction Corporation, to work at a high-rise residential construction site at 40 Towering Heights Boulevard, St. Catharines.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2016)
The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut has charged four employers and four individuals over an incident that left a worker injured during the summer of 2015.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker employed by L.Z. Refrigeration Inc. was fatally injured at the workplace while operating an Elevating Work Platform (EWP). Yuqin Liu failed as a supervisor to ensure that a worker worked in a manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. They also failed to provide the worker with oral and written instructions or training on the operation of an EWP which includes instructions with respect to the owner’s manual.