OHS Fines

Stephenson’s Rental Services Inc. was found not guilty on all 10 charges under Alberta’s occupational health and safety (OHS) laws following a trial connected to a workplace death. A Calgary… …

St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton has been fined $65,000 after a worker in its virology laboratory was critically injured when the lid of a centrifuge fell during loading. The incident happened… …

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Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC has been ordered to pay $360,000 after a worker died at a mine site near Warburg, Alta. The company pleaded guilty on July 8 in… …

Home Hardware Stores Limited has been fined $75,000 after a worker was critically injured in a fall from a ladder at the company’s warehouse in St. Jacobs, Ontario. The company… …

A Calgary plumbing contractor has been fined a total of $330,000 after a worker died in a trench collapse in 2023. Mr. Mike’s Plumbing Ltd. pleaded guilty on July 13… …

WorkSafeBC has fined 0832282 B.C. Ltd., operating as a Subway Restaurant in Quesnel, B.C., $2,500 after finding the company discouraged an injured worker from filing a claim for compensation. The… …

WorkSafeBC has fined Pro Builders Supply Ltd., operating as Home Hardware, $75,277.70 after inspectors found unsafe pallet storage racks at the firm’s lumber yard in Penticton, B.C. The penalty was… …

A Quebec-based furniture manufacturer has been fined $50,000 after a worker was critically injured at its Cornwall, Ont., plant. Ridgewood Industries Ltd., headquartered in Laval, Que., pleaded guilty in the… …