Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Resform Construction Ltd., a Cookstown construction company specializing in formwork, was fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Justin Lowes, a supervisor with the company, was fined $3,000 in relation to the same incident.
My point of view,
This is the second time I have used this particular article to discuss the difficult topic of ‘Confined Space Entry’. It has become my favourite course to teach and I will continue to do my part to get the word out that training, above all, must be the major step when workers are around or in a ‘Confined Space’.
Please take your time and review. The article is almost 6 years old but it is just as important today as it was then.
Daniel L. Beal
Senior Trainer at HRS Group Inc.
This will be my last blog for the year and I wanted to make this one a little more personal.
Angela and I went out for dinner the other night and a minor incident took place. A large plastic snowflake fell onto one of the tables where, just a few moments earlier, a large family was sitting. I went over to the broken snowflake, picked up most of the pieces and called over the nearest waitress. An explanation was given that Angela and I are health and safety professionals and suggested that the issue should be handled the same as an accident would have. As I mentioned to the waitress, the incident barely missed the family by only a few minutes. I also mentioned that there were five or six other snowflakes hanging in the restaurant and the same thing could happen to one of them with much direr consequences.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Alberta’s Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority was recently issued 15 compliance orders following provincial inspections of workplace facilities and a walkout by firefighters.