Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Southgate Carpets Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario, a flooring company that also performs small renovations, fell from the top of a wall of a building being demolished.
Blog Post #1652 – Toronto Manufacturing Company Fined $90,000 for Worker Safety Offence
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Siltech Corporation, a chemical manufacturing company, failed, as an employer, to ensure containers were bonded and grounded as required by section 22(4)(b) of Ontario regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1650 – Workplace Injury Results in $175,000 Fine for Cambridge Company
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Canadian General, of Cambridge, Ontario, a company that produces polymeric coated textile fabrics and vinyl films for automotive and industrial applications, was injured after being caught in the pinch point of a machine. The company failed to ensure the worker was protected from the pinch point, as required by section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1649 – Maple Leaf Foods Wins Four Workplace Safety Awards
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2023)
Maple Leaf Foods has won workplace safety awards for four of its processing facilities in Canada.
It received the awards from the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) during its Environmental, Labor and Safety + conference in Carlsbad, California.