Occupational Health And Safety Act

• Nova Scotia company fined $80,000 after worker dies in scaffolding collapse

  A Nova Scotia excavation company has been fined $80,000 after a worker died when scaffolding collapsed on one of its job sites.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2024
  
• Ontario proposing new regulations to protect workers from heat related illnesses

  Ontario is proposing regulations to protect workers in the province from heat-related illnesses amid a rise in extreme heat events across Canada due to climate change.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2023
  
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• National Steel Car fined $140K in connection with death of painter in 2021

  The Ministry of Labour says Collin Grayley and another worker were tasked with painting a railcar inside a large industrial-sized paint booth when the 35-year-old died.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2023
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• National Steel Car fined $140K in connection with 2020 workplace death

  A spokesperson with the provincial offences office told Global News the matter was tied to a September 2020 incident in which a crane operator was killed.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2022
• Ontario farm, owner facing charges tied to 2020 COVID-19 outbreak involving migrant workers

  A migrant worker died amid the outbreak at Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers in Vittoria.

  Health

  Sep 28, 2021
• Canadian women, men reported ‘inappropriate sexualized behaviours’ at work: Statistics Canada

  The study covers the year leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, from 2019 to 2020, and found that one in four Canadian women and one in six men reported such behaviour.

  Canada

  Aug 12, 2021
• Crown seeks $1M fine for company liable in Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital construction death

  Eric Ndayishimiye had worked for Banff Constructors for just under six months at the time he died while working on what became the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital.

  Canada

  May 22, 2021
• Employer found guilty in 2016 death during Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital construction

  Banff Constructors has been found guilty under Saskatchewan’s Occupational Health and Safety Act in the workplace death of Eric Ndayishimiye.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2021
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• Ontario Ministry of Labour fines Hamilton company after employee electrocuted, killed

  The Miska Trailer Factory pleaded guilty in Ontario Court of Justice after an employee died after coming into contact with live powerlines in 2019.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2020
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• Brampton printing company fined after worker injured while cleaning press

  The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development says Imprimeries Transcontinental pleaded guilty today to breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act in connection with the August 2018 incident.

  Politics

  Sep 21, 2020