Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
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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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
An Alberta employee returned to work almost a week after an electrical contact injured him and left his co-worker dead.
At about 5:30 pm on December 12, employees at Calgary-based Iko Industries Inc. were in the process of replacing an electric circuit unit on an electric panel when the crew foreman came in contact with a 4,160-volt live wire and was electrocuted, says Barrie Harrison, a spokesperson for Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry (AEII).
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Paper Fibres Inc., a Mississauga-based company, was fined $100,000 on July 13, 2010, for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was seriously injured.
On March 18, 2009, a worker and a supervisor employed by Paper Fibres Inc. were working on a waste paper baling machine at the production plant at 6405 Northwest Drive in Mississauga. A piece of cardboard had become stuck in the hopper of the baling machine. The worker tried to remove it with a pole, but the pole fell into the hopper. The worker then went inside the hopper to remove the jam while the supervisor manned the controls. The machine cycled with the worker inside, causing serious injuries to the worker’s legs.
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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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