Toronto company fined $50K after worker injured while laying pipe

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Toronto company fined $50K after worker injured while laying pipe Toronto

Business owners beware: If you're not 100 per cent compliant with Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act, you're totally screwed if something bad happens to one of your employees.

According to the province, a worker employed by Pipe & Piling at 36 Towns Road in Toronto had"sustained critical injuries when they became pinned between a rail car and a front-end loader" in April of 2021. "Once at the desired location, the worker jumped onto the rail car to access the hand brakes, but the rail car rolled backwards. The worker became pinned between the rail car and the front-end loader, sustaining critical injuries."

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I love laying pipe

Wonder if blogto knows what ‘laying pipe‘ means 😂

I'm so glad I don't get injured too while I'm laying pipe.

BlogTO knows what they wrote.

who doesn't get injured while laying pipe?

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