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OLRB confirms 30-day hard-stop deadline for appealing Ontario MOL inspectors’ compliance orders

By Adrian Miedema
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Is compliance with industry standards enough to establish due diligence? Alberta Court of Appeal set to consider this issue.

By Cristina Wendel
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Trial judge’s misapprehension of the evidence results in new trial for workplace fatality

By Cristina Wendel
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Having failed to obtain and review proper operating manual for machine, employer and supervisor convicted under OHSA

By Adrian Miedema
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“You’re kind of close to those wires”: excavator operator guilty of OHSA charges after hitting power line

By Adrian Miedema
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Three days in jail for owner of roofing business after trying to deceive MOL inspector

By Adrian Miedema
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Appeal of MOL compliance order adjourned while related OHSA prosecution ongoing, despite City’s objection

By Adrian Miedema
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After accepting guilty plea, prosecutor cannot reargue trial court’s decision to exclude evidence of worker’s injury when setting fine

The Ministry of Labour cannot reopen a Justice of the Peace’s decision to exclude evidence that a worker was injured, […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Safety topic was emphasized, not “buried in hundreds of power point slides”: employer establishes due diligence, not guilty in workplace fatality

A Saskatchewan employer has been found not guilty of six occupational health and safety charges after a worker died of […]

By Adrian Miedema
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Supervisor’s OHSA conviction upheld on appeal: prosecutor not required to prove what “hazard” caused concrete worker’s death

A supervisor’s Occupational Health and Safety Act conviction of failing to sufficiently and competently supervise work has been upheld on […]

By Adrian Miedema
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OHSA conviction, $48,000 fine upheld on appeal: “blocking” of machine required physical block

An Ontario Appeal judge has upheld an employer’s conviction under the Occupational Health and Safety Act for failure to “block” a […]

By Adrian Miedema
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“Reputable and responsible” owner / operator guilty of OHSA charge after drill rig collapse at York University

After a dramatic and tragic incident in which a large drill rig fell over at York University, fatally injuring a […]

By Adrian Miedema

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