Labour, Training and Skills Development Convicted: Skyjack Inc., 287 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, Ontario. The company is a manufacturer of elevating work platforms. Location of Workplace: 201 Woodlawn Road, Guelph, Ontario. Description of Offence: A worker suffered serious burns resulting from a spark from the welding process. The employer should have provided apparel sufficient to protect the worker from injury. Date of Offence: December 12, 2019. Date of...
An Ontario employer has been fined $85,000 after a worker suffered a critical injury. 1086289 Ontario Inc. o/a Urban Electrical Contractors must also pay a 25-per-cent surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act, to be credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime. The incident took place on March 8, 2020, when an electrician employed by the company was working at a construction project entailing the renovation of an existing commercial...
Nominees will lead the agency in helping injured workers, supporting safe employers and modernizing services TORONTO — Ontario has nominated Grant Walsh as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and Jeffery Lang as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Walsh and Mr. Lang will play key leadership roles in implementing important initiatives at the WSIB, such as using best practices and scientific evidence to help identify and...
Norm Keith – Daily Commercial News The Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development (MLTSD) passed another set of changes to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) law in Ontario. The legal changes place a higher regulatory burden and enforcement risk on employers while potentially undermining trust and co-operation at projects. Information gathered by employer’s safety representatives and committees may now be “brown enveloped” to MLTSD investigators and used against...
Convicted: Give and Go Prepared Foods Corp., a British Columbia registered corporation with Ontario offices at 5 Marmac Drive, Suite 200, Etobicoke, ON, M9W 1E7, is a company that manufactures baked goods and supplies retailers and the foodservice industry. Location of Workplace: The company’s production facility at 7245 Highway 50, Vaughan, ON L4H 3N5. Description of Offence: A worker was injured after not being made aware of workplace hazards. Date of...
Convicted: 2332381 Ontario Inc. operating as Truly Green, 162 Bloomfield Road, Chatham, ON N7M 0R4, a company that operates a greenhouse at which it grows tomatoes. Location of Workplace: 162 Bloomfield Road, Chatham, ON N7M 0R4. Description of Offence: A worker was critically injured while performing work at the company’s facility. Date of Offence: January 6, 2020. Date of Conviction: November 24, 2021. Penalty Imposed: Following a guilty plea in...
Convicted: Northern Transformer Corporation, 245 McNaughton Road East, Maple, ON L6A 4P5, a company that manufactures electrical transformers. Location of Workplace: 245 McNaughton Road East, Maple, Ontario Description of Offence: A worker was critically injured while performing work at the company’s manufacturing facility. Date of Offence: May 24, 2019. Date of Conviction: October 1, 2021. Penalty Imposed: Following a guilty plea in provincial...
Convicted: Accuristix, Inc., 2844 Bristol Circle, Oakville, Ontario, L6H 6G4, a company which provides services to the healthcare industry that operates a warehouse in Woodbridge. Location of Workplace: 122 Stone Ridge Road, Woodbridge, Vaughan, Ontario, L4H 0A5. Description of Offence: A worker suffered a critical injury while performing work at the Woodbridge warehouse. Date of Offence: October 18, 2019. Date of Conviction: October 1, 2021. Penalty...
Convicted: Consbec Inc., 2736 Belisle Drive, Val Caron, Ontario P3N 1B3, a company that provides mining contracting services. Location of Workplace: River Valley Quarry, River Valley, Ontario. Description of Offence: A worker was fatally injured while performing drilling work at a quarry in River Valley. Date of Offence: August 19, 2019. Date of Conviction: September 20, 2021. Penalty Imposed: Following a guilty plea in the Superior Court of Justice, North...
Convicted: St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada), 55 Industrial Street, Toronto, Ontario M4G 3W9, a company that produces cementitious materials. Location of Workplace: 400 Bowmanville Avenue, Bowmanville, Ontario. Description of Offence: A worker suffered a critical injury while performing maintenance testing work at the Bowmanville facility. Date of Offence: October 8, 2019. Date of Conviction: October 8, 2021. Penalty Imposed: Following a guilty plea in the...