Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
A worker was hurt when a passing vehicle struck a cable at a road construction worksite in Chatham, Ontario on February 28, 2017.
Blog Post #1577 – Barn Collapse Yields Fine in Grimsby
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
An independent construction professional based in Grimsby, Ontario was fined $20,000 on February 2017, after a barn collapsed while under construction more than two years before.
Blog Post #1576 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Metal Manufacturing Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Performance Finishing & Fabrication Inc. failed to ensure that a metal beam was secured and would not fall while being transported on a forklift, as required by 45(b)(i) of Regulation 851, a violation of section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1575 – Mississauga Roofing Company Convicted
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine A roofing company in Mississauga, Ontario was fined $57,500 on March 01, 2017 for its role in a falling incident that seriously injured an employee. According to a court bulletin from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Paiva Roofing Ltd., was working on a roof of an industrial business at … Continue Reading