Posts Tagged As: worker safety

Blog Post #85 – Royal Edge Incorporated and Director Fined A Total Of $44,000 After Failing To Comply With Health And Safety Orders

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Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’

Royal Edge Incorporated, a Brampton company that makes edge banding products for materials such as kitchen countertops, was fined $40,000 on May 12, 2009, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), for failing to comply with an order issued by a Ministry of Labour Health and Safety Inspector. Royal Edge Incorporated director Peter Boussoulas was also fined $4,000 for failing to ensure the company complied with multiple orders issued by an inspector.

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Blog Post #84 – Failure to Comply May Prove Expensive

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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Written by Jason Contant — Editor of the magazine

Employers in the Yukon who fail to notify the territory’s workers’ compensation board of their compliance with written safety orders should expect to take it on the chin financially.

Since June 1, employers who do not provide the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board in Whitehorse with a compliance update by the deadline provided have left themselves open to a financial hit. An immediate $250 penalty will be applied, notes a statement from the safety body.

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