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Blog Post #282 – Company and Supervisor Fined $171,000 Total after Worker Injured

Sep 6th, 2012Comments Off

Excerpt from the Government of Ontarioâ€™s â€˜Newsroomâ€™

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Services Canada Inc., carrying on business as ThyssenKrupp Hearn Division, a provider of warehousing, packaging and transportation services, was fined $160,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Don Hearn Jr., a supervisor, was fined $11,000 in relation to the same incident.
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Blog Post #240 – Bunge Fined $42K for OHS Violation Involving Injured Sask. Worker

May 7th, 20127 Comments

Excerpt from the Regina Leader Post

Bunge Canada Holdings of Halifax, N.S., has pleaded guilty to one count under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act for failing to ensure that a worker did not work within 4.6 metres of an exposed energized conductor. The company was fined $42,000 in Nipawin Provincial Court on Jan. 25, 2011.
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Blog Post #228 – Traugott Building Contractors Inc. Fined $80,000 after Worker Injured

Apr 6th, 201226 Comments

Excerpt from the Government of Ontarioâ€™s â€˜Newsroomâ€™

Traugott Building Contractors Inc. a Cambridge-based company, was fined $80,000 on September 7, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.
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Blog Post #206 – Kone Inc. Fined $90,000 after Worker Injured

Feb 14th, 2012No Comments

Excerpt from the Government of Ontarioâ€™s â€˜Newsroomâ€™

Kone Inc., an elevator and escalator manufacturer, was fined $90,000 on July 7, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.

On September 11, 2008, a worker was fixing the circuit board for an elevator at the University of Western Ontario. The worker was on a ladder in the pit and shaft area of the elevator while the elevator’s power was still on. The worker was not using rubber gloves, mats, shields or other equipment to protect against electrical shock. The worker touched the back of the circuit board, received an electrical shock, and fell to the concrete floor of the pit. The worker suffered wrist and facial fractures.
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Blog Post #282 – Company and Supervisor Fined $171,000 Total after Worker Injured

Blog Post #240 – Bunge Fined $42K for OHS Violation Involving Injured Sask. Worker

Blog Post #228 – Traugott Building Contractors Inc. Fined $80,000 after Worker Injured

Blog Post #206 – Kone Inc. Fined $90,000 after Worker Injured