Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The death of a worker in May 2018 has netted a $250,000 fine for lumber mill in Chapleau, Ont., a community located northwest of Sudbury.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A steel truss fell off a forklift onto a worker, causing crushing injuries. An operator should have attended the forklift while its load was raised and the load of steel trusses should have been secured from tipping.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
At Consolidated Fastfrate Inc., a national provider of logistic services, including shipping and warehousing, on February 12, 2016, A worker who was operating a forklift struck another worker who could not be seen because the forklift operator had an obstructed view of the forklift’s path of travel. The injured worker suffered a permanent injury.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A company was found guilty of a health and safety contravention after a temporary worker was critically injured and later died after being struck by a forklift on October 22, 2015 at the Bodycote Thermal Processing Canada Inc., 630 Newpark Boulevard, Newmarket, Ontario.