TORONTO, ON - Paramount Structures Ltd. of Bolton, a supervisor and a worker were fined a total of $55,000 after equipment fell from a condominium building under construction in Toronto.
BRAMPTON, ON - Leavoy Rowe Beef Co. Ltd. of Toronto, a company that provides specialty cutting of high-end meat for restaurants and other institutions, has been fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker sustained serious injuries resulting in the loss of fingers.
OTTAWA, ON - The City of Ottawa has been fined $80,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
WHITBY, ON - St. Marys Cement Inc. of Toronto has been fined $75,000 and a supervisor was fined $3,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON - Algoma Tubes Inc., a manufacturer of steel pipe products based in Whitehorse, Yukon, has been fined $70,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after two workers were injured.
KITCHENER, ON - Network Site Services Inc., a sub-contracting company hired to erect street lighting, and its owner, Donald Medeiros of Cambridge, have been fined a total of $48,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
BRAMPTON, ON - A director who failed to ensure a company paid wages to 68 employees has been convicted of failing to comply with three orders to pay and has been sentenced to 90 days in jail, fined $15,000 and ordered to pay outstanding wages.
St. Catharines, ON - CRS Specialties Inc., a Welland manufacturer of rebar bending equipment, was fined $55,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a student, working there as a co-operative education placement, was injured. A further fine of $4,000 was imposed on a supervisor for a similar violation of the act during the investigation of the incident.
OTTAWA, ON - Tega Developments Inc., a builder of residential housing projects in the Ottawa area, has been fined $70,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
BRAMPTON, ON - 1736665 Ontario Inc., formerly known as Assured Packaging, a manufacturer of aerosols for household, pharmaceutical, beauty and other products in Mississauga, has been fined $55,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
TORONTO, ON - APCO Industries Co. Ltd., a manufacturer and distributor of oils, greases, rust preventatives and lubricants, was fined $100,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed.
Newmarket, ON - Honta Trading International Inc., a Markham handbag importer, was fined $70,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Toronto, ON - ECA Canada Company, a Nova Scotia company that sells and services construction drills, was fined $110,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed.
Barrie, ON - The Corporation of the Township of Essa was fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
The new Ontario government is taking steps to protect the jobs of working men and women in the province who need to care for seriously ill or injured loved ones or deal with a crime-related loss or disappearance of a child.
