A Quebec yard clerk who left his job following a dangerous workplace incident has been denied Employment Insurance benefits after the Social Security Tribunal of Canada found he had reasonable …
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Janco Steel fined $200,000 following worker’s forklift death in Stoney Creek, Ont.
A Stoney Creek steel processing company has been fined $200,000 after a worker was fatally struck by an industrial forklift at the facility in 2022. Janco Steel Ltd. pleaded guilty …
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Worker, injured in forklift accident, can’t sue employer, tribunal rules – pointing to workers’ comp legislation
A worker who was injured after being struck and pinned to the floor by a load of marble tiles cannot sue his employer, Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal …
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Quebec-based firm fined $70,000 by Ontario court after worker injured by forklift
A Quebec-based manufacturing company, MTCA Inc., has been fined $70,000 after a serious workplace injury involving a forklift. The incident occurred at the company’s tote washing facility in Guelph, Ont. …