Blog Post #334 – Worker Suffers Fatal Crushing Injuries

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

An oil worker died December 28, 2007 after being struck in the head by a large container lid at a drilling site about 35 kilo-metres southwest of Cardston, Alberta.
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Blog Post #315 – Metro Ontario Inc. Fined $350,000 after Young Worker Killed

Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Metro Ontario Inc., a retail grocer, was fined $350,000 yesterday for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused a young worker’s death.
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Blog Post #208 – Furfari Paving Co. Ltd. Fined $110,000 after Worker Killed

Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Furfari Paving Co. Ltd., a Toronto-based company, was fined $110,000 on July 13, 2010, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed.

On July 30, 2008, two workers employed by Furfari were operating an asphalt road milling machine, otherwise known as a “grinder,” to remove the top layer of asphalt from a section of Dixie Rd. between Eglinton Ave. and Matheson Blvd. in Mississauga. Other machines were in use nearby, including a pavement cutter operated by a third worker, who was cutting and sealing cracks in the wake of the grinder. The two workers finished removing the top layer of asphalt and operated the grinder in reverse. When they stopped, they saw that the third worker had been caught underneath the grinder and crushed.
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Blog Post #195 – NATSCO Mechanical Contractors Inc. Fined $70,000 after Worker Seriously Injured

Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’

NATSCO Mechanical Contractors Inc., a Sarnia-based company, was fined $70,000 on May 10, 2010 for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was struck by a 3,500 kilogram pipe and seriously injured.
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