Case Law - Health & Safety Handbook (Page 13)

Case Law

Worker becomes trapped under toppled forklift

Company fails to implement an adequate safe system of work to address the risk of working near powerlines

Contractor's decision to change a safe method of work results in injury

Inexperienced worker injured in high-risk task

Fall through void avoidable

Small company receives large penalty for safety breach

Lack of information ends in fatal forklift incident

Container crane incident costs company $20,000

Risk of death from confined space incident

Workers unaware of asbestos threat

Penalty increased for excavator operator

Worker killed through lack of management plan

Severed by 'unguarded' saw

Lack of supervision ends in worker head injury

Employee injures hand in machine that lacked adequate guarding