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Blog Post #1352 – Employee Perishes in Fall

June 16, 2022
Dan
Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Due Diligence, Elevating Work Platforms, Employer Responsibilities, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Quebec Health and Safety, Working at Heights

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015) A construction employee was killed in a fall at a worksite in Montréal, when the platform in which he was standing suddenly...

Blog Post #1335 – Worker’s Injuries from Construction Site Fall in Waterloo Results in $60,000 Fine for Innisfil Company

February 27, 2022
Dan
Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Engineering Standards, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Health and Safety, Ontario Health and Safety, Working at Heights

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker, employed by MTN Construction out of Innisfil, Ontario, fell 21 feet to the ground, sustaining injuries. Workers had not been given...

Blog Post #1324 – Worker Falls 400 Ft to his death in the Township of Minden Hills

February 13, 2022
Dan
Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Federal, Health and Safety, Ontario Health and Safety, Telecommunications

Excerpt from ptboscannerfeeds.ca Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are assisting with a death investigation at a worksite in the Township of Minden Hills.

Blog Post #1316 – Worker’s Fall Results in $60,000 Fine for Thunder Bay Employer

February 12, 2022
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Forklift Safety, Health and Safety, Industrial, Lift Truck, Ontario Health and Safety

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker fell from a second-storey level through an opening that should have had a guardrail to protect workers from injury. Robert C....