OHS Fines

Orbit Garant Drilling Services Inc. was fined $100,000 after a worker was injured by an unguarded drill rig at an underground mine in Porcupine, Ont. The Val-d’Or, Que.-based company pleaded… …

An aviation parts manufacturer has been fined $60,000 after a worker was seriously injured when a pressurized paint container exploded at a Niagara-on-the-Lake facility. Genaire Limited pleaded guilty in December… …

NOVA Chemicals Corporation has been fined $130,000 after a worker suffered serious injuries when hot liquid was discharged from an exhaust stack during maintenance work at the company’s Corunna, Ont.,… …

A Fort St. John highway maintenance company has been fined nearly a quarter of a million dollars after WorkSafeBC found traffic control workers exposed to moving vehicles without proper protection… …

A Burnaby roofing company has been fined more than $21,000 after WorkSafeBC found four workers on a steep-sloped roof without proper fall protection for the second time. WorkSafeBC imposed the… …

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has denied Starbucks Coffee Canada’s request to suspend two health and safety orders requiring ladder training for employees and installation of a plumbed eye-wash station… …

SMK Contracting has been fined $8,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall from an unsecured ladder near Wawota, Saskatchewan. The company pleaded guilty on December 10 in… …

An oil and gas company, an engineering firm and a supervisor have been sentenced to pay a combined $216,000 following a serious workplace injury near Edson in March 2024. The… …

Larkin Storage and Retail Equipment Inc. has been fined $65,000 after a worker was injured while operating a punch press that lacked proper guarding at the company’s Alexandria facility. The… …