Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
More than a year after it first heard the case, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded about $26,000 to a British Columbia woman who argued her employer discriminated against her because she was pregnant.
Blog Post #398 – Packaging Manufacturer Fined $55,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Sealed Air (Canada) CO/CIE, a Nova Scotia manufacturer of packaging products, was fined $55,000 today for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #397 – Caterpillar Tunneling Canada Corp. Fined $130,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Caterpillar Tunneling Canada Corporation, a Toronto-based company that designs and builds tunnel boring machines (TBMs) used to dig underground circular tunnels, was fined $130,000 on December 22, 2011, for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #396 – Two Burned in Torch Accident
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
2009-03-01
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Two Ontario companies were fined a total of $180,000 following an incident three years ago in which two workers sustained burn injuries.
Following a trial, Hard Rock Paving Company Limited and Hard Rock Construction Inc. were convicted and fined $120,000 and $60,000, respectively.