Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp., a Welland company that manufactures and sells hydraulic systems, was fined $80,000 on November 19, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a worker to be injured. Ken Grant, a supervisor with the company, was fined $8,000 in relation to the same incident.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Olympic Plastic Bags (1983) Ltd., a plastic bag manufacturer, was fined $85,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a worker’s death.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Ministry of Labour (MOL) inspectors will step up enforcement of safety violations involving machinery under an enforcement initiative that will focus on machine guards and lockout.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A NOVA SCOTIA WORKER laying floor joists on the third floor of a construction project — without the aid of a life line or the support of a scaffold — is severely injured in a fall. An Alberta labourer working in the area of some scrap metal bales is crushed beneath a toppled load. Another worker in Alberta dies when a stack of fibreboard tips over.