Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
A worker in Newfoundland and Labrador was fatally injured August 24 after the road construction machine he was operating tipped over and trapped him.
The accident occurred on the Trans- Canada Highway, 12 kilometres east of Lewisporte, says Corporal Pamela Blackwood, a spokesperson for the Newfoundland and Labrador RCMP.
Two employees of Farrell’s Excavating were setting a milling machine to gauge the depth of the pavement before stripping it, Blackwood reports. One of the workers was standing on top of the machine, with the other on the ground, “a hand’s reach away.”
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Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
KSR International Co., carrying on business as Dresden Industrial-Ridgetown, a maker of vehicle parts, was fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
On May 20, 2010, at the company’s facility in Ridgetown, a worker was trying to fix a press that was not working. The worker entered the press to determine the problem and correct it. When the press started working again, it closed on part of the worker’s hand, injuring the worker.
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Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine By: Jason Contant
Correctional officers from across Ontario held a demonstration at the North Bay Jail recently to raise concerns surrounding prison overcrowding, understaffing issues and violence in the workplace at provincial prisons.
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Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s Newsroom
Caterpillar Tunneling Canada Corporation, a Toronto-based company that designs and builds tunnel boring machines (TBMs) used to dig underground circular tunnels, was fined $130,000 on December 22, 2011, for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
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