$850,000 fine against company and owner/director signals increased risk under OHSA
Fine amounts against employers and individuals under OHSA increasing
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Fine amounts against employers and individuals under OHSA increasing
'Directors who sit in offices far from the job sites… may also be the targets of questions or prosecution'
Some who have been following the case of Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter — where six workers died in an explosion two years ago — say the penalty the company was dealt Friday doesn't go far enough.
Eastway Tank and its owner, Neil Greene, have pleaded guilty to charges in connection to an explosion that killed six people at an Ottawa business more than two years ago.
The company at the centre of one of the deadliest workplace incidents in Ottawa has pleaded guilty to two charges, while the owner of the company has pleaded guilty to one.