OHSA
Bolton manufacturer assessed $60,000 fine for worker injury
Clothing caught on fire from sparks while cutting steel beams using a grinder.
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Managing the OHSA: Best practices for manufacturers
Protect workers while successfully responding to MOL inquiries
Brampton roofing manufacturer fined $65,000 after worker injury
Company pleads guilt to failing to ensure a guarding device was in place on the machine.
Ontario increases maximum workplace safety fines
Rising from $500,000 to $1.5 million for corporations, $25,000 to $100,000 for an individual or unincorporated business.
Bruce Power fined $110K for worker injury at Lake Huron nuclear plant
Failed as an employer to acquaint the worker with the hazards related to trapped hydrogen.
OSHA probe of boiler blast could take months
Three people were killed Apr. 3 when the van-sized boiler blew up at Loy-Lange Box Co. in St. Louis.
Three die, 4 hurt when boiler explodes in St. Louis box plant
Investigators were trying to pinpoint what caused the 1.5-ton cast iron boiler to blow up.
Chemical manufacturer fined $65Gs for worker injury
Canister explosion at Digital Specialty Chemicals inflicts second-degree burns.
Ontario safety blitz coming your way
Inspectors will targets slips, trips and falls.
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Ontario safety blitz targets material handling hazards
MOL inspectors will look at OHSA compliance from Sept. 15 to Oct. 26.
Blount Canada fined $60,000 for injury during training
Worker suffered burns to the abdomen and legs from a bla1st of steam and hot water.
Process Group fined $110,000 for worker injury at GM transmission plant
Employer found guilty of failing to prevent the movement of a conveyor that toppled during dismantling.
OHSA fines Republic Steel $1.1M for safety violations
Federal fines include two dozen violations at Canton, Ohio manufacturing plant.
Encore Steel fined $75,000 for worker fatality
Mishap occurred while loading steel beams on a truck.
Essar Steel Algoma fined $250,000 for three OHSA violations
Incidents involved burns from a molten steel and a fireball, a fall and a falling cart.
