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Blog Post #1377 – Workplace Fatality Results in $60,000 Fine for Braeside Company

November 3, 2022
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Due Diligence, Elevating Work Platforms, Employer Responsibilities, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Health and Safety, Ontario Health and Safety, Working at Heights

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker performing work for ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. suffered a fatality resulting from the use of a bucket truck. ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. failed,...

Blog Post #1375 – Critical Injury Results in $75,000 Fine for Vaughan Company

October 23, 2022
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Demolition, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Events, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Ontario Health and Safety, Working at Heights

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker, employed by Westdale Construction Co. Limited, a company which owns and operates a high-rise residential apartment building, suffered a fall resulting...

Blog Post #1374 – Awareness Program Proposed

October 23, 2022
Dan
Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Health and Safety, Ontario Health and Safety

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016) The Ontario Ministry of Labour is seeking feedback on proposed amendments to the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that will...

Blog Post #1365 – Calgary Worker Perishes in Fall

August 1, 2022
Dan
Alberta Safety, Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Fall Protection, Fall Protection, Health and Safety, Scaffolding and Stages, Working at Heights

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2016) A worker at a construction site in Parkhill, Alberta a neighbourhood in Southwest Calgary, has died following injuries sustained in a fall...