Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Peton Distributors ULC, a distribution warehouse for Pet Valu stores, was fined $70,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #295 – Final Descent – “The Sullivan Mine Disaster”
Good intention, an unforeseen response, a preventable accident. Four lives were lost when, one by one, the individuals entered a sump at an inactive mine in British Columbia. A reclamation project, it seems, transformed a once-safe work area into a deadly zone. Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine By: Jean Lian It all seems so … Continue Reading
Blog Post #287 – Confined Space and its Hazards – Death by Design
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Jason Contant
On the morning of September 5, 2008, a plumber was called to A-1 Mushroom Substratum Ltd. in Langley, British Columbia for the second time in as many days. There, he found an intake pipe at the bottom of a pump shed completely blocked and informed a supervisor at the mushroom composting facility that a company with expertise in sewer pump-out would be needed.
Blog Post #151 – Confined Space Death at Sure Fresh Foods Inc.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
In early January, Sure Fresh Foods Inc. entered a single guilty plea for its failure to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker regarding confined space entry procedures.
A $150,000 fine has been levied against a chicken-processing company in Barrie, Ontario following the death of a worker in April, 2006.