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Stouffville contractor fined $100,000 for workplace incident
A worker was critically injured when a rope attached to a tensioner-puller machine pulling an aerial cable over the span of the Burlington Canal Lift Bridge broke.
Board of health calls for Ontario to upgrade to building code ventilation standards
An Ontario board of health is asking the province to amend the building code to mandate higher standards for ventilation, in light of the spread of COVID-19.
North Gower company to pay $75,000 in OHSA fines for 2019 incident
Spartan Weatherguard Exteriors was found to have committed three violations of the act in an incident that led to a worker’s fall from more than 15 feet.
Ontario plans to require women-only bathrooms on large construction sites
Monte McNaughton announced Wednesday that he is proposing to amend rules about bathrooms on construction sites to make them cleaner, safer and provide some for women only.
Lafarge Canada fined $200,000 for EPA violation
The conviction is for discharging or causing or permitting the discharge of clinker dust, which caused or could cause an adverse effect.