Excerpt from www.canada.com
The province’s booming economy means its 7,000 bridges are carrying more heavy trucks, supplies and people than ever before — and about half are nearing the end of their lifespan and need urgent inspections, rehabilitation and replacement, says one of Alberta’s top structural engineers.
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Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Canadian BBR Inc. was fined $55,000 on April 13, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.
On August 1, 2008, the company had been subcontracted to work on a new bridge over Sixteen Mile Creek in Oakville. This was part of a project to reconstruct Dundas St. W. between Neyagawa Blvd. and Proudfoot Trail. A worker was using a machine to pull a wire through a duct when the worker’s fingers got caught in the machine’s pulley system. Several of the worker’s fingers were partially crushed.
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Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited, a security printing company, was fined $75,000 on March 25, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.
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Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
Atlas Concrete Accessories Ltd. pleaded guilty and was fined $60,000 on January 13, 2010, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Director Mohammed Ally also pleaded guilty and was fined $5,000.
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