Posts Tagged As: section 67 of the Construction regulation 213/91

Blog Post #1633 – Workplace Injury Results in $70,000 Fine for Construction Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Steed and Evans Ltd. of St. Jacobs, Ontario, a civil infrastructure and material supply company, was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle while performing sewer chamber work on a roadway. By failing to position adequate warning signs or barriers to protect the worker, Steed and Evans Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 67(4) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1095 – Worker Pulled into Traffic and Injured, Employer Fined $50,000

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 An employee working for Liqui-Force Services (Ontario) Inc. received critical injuries after being pulled into moving traffic by a cable. Liqui-Force Services (Ontario) Inc., operates a no-dig, pipeline rehabilitation service and offers complete pipeline system inspection, assessment, rehabilitation and maintenance. The accident took place on February 28, 2017.

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