Tag: Occupational Health and Safety Act
Southwestern Ontario firms fined $170K for worker’s fatal greenhouse fall
Two companies — an employment agency and a greenhouse building firm — have been fined more than $170,000 following the death of a construction worker last year.
Women-only bathrooms coming to Ontario construction sites
In a move it says is needed to attract more women to the trades amid a looming worker shortage, Ontario proposes to make women-only washrooms mandatory on construction sites.
New committee to address health and safety risks paramedics face
The provincial government has announced the establishment of new committee to address unique health and safety risks paramedics face on a regular basis.
Developer, contractor each fined after London worker ‘severely’ hurt
A London developer and contractor are facing a combined $90,000 in fines after a worker was severely injured by a reversing truck on a north London job site more than two years ago.
Local auto-parts firm fined $175K in employee’s workplace death
A Southwestern Ontario automotive company has been fined $175,000 after a worker was killed at the firm’s Tillsonburg plant.
Eight workplace safety charges laid in deadly London construction collapse
Only days from its first anniversary, eight workplace safety charges have been laid in the partial collapse of a London apartment building that killed two construction workers and injured five others.