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Fines to double for safety violations that could cause serious accidents
- December 13, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
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SINGAPORE – From Jan 1, companies which commit multiple safety breaches that are likely to cause death or serious harm will face heftier fines of up to $ 50,000 an offence, a jump from $ 20,000. Such dangerous infractions include the failure to have protective structures to prevent falls and not appointing authorised people to
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More than 300 enforcement actions taken against companies for vehicle safety violations since June
- September 14, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – More than 300 enforcement actions have been taken against errant employers for vehicular safety infringements since June, Minister of State for Manpower Sam Tan revealed on Thursday (Sept 14). Vehicular accidents have been the No. 1 cause of workplace fatalities for the past three years, with 22 workers hit and killed by moving
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Roofing firm fined $2800 for workplace safety violations
- August 23, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
Windel’s Roofing, a Prince Albert-based company, has been fined $ 2,800 by Occupational Health and Safety for failure to ensure workers are using the required safety equipment. An OHS officer observed workers not using fall protection or protective equipment during a safety inspection in May 2016. No one was injured. Roger Lajeunesse, operating as the company,
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More than 400 safety violations found at worksites in June: MOM
- July 19, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Singapore Safety News
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) had uncovered more than 400 safety violations at work sites last month, said Minister of State for Manpower Sam Tan on Monday (July 17). This update comes after a structure at a Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) work site in Upper Changi Road East collapsed last Friday and killed one
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Big Island mill contests violations issued after workplace death
- July 9, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
BIG ISLAND — Georgia-Pacific is contesting claims of workplace safety violations that arose from an investigation into an accident that claimed an employee’s life in November. Robert C. Dameron, 44, of Natural Bridge, died the night of Nov. 23 after he fell through a hole into a pulper tub and drowned at the company’s containerboard
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West coast roofer Faron Bugden given minimum fines for workplace safety violations in Pasadena
- March 18, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
A western Newfoundland man and the roofing company he owned have been fined a total of $ 2,800 for occupational health and safety violations. Faron Trevor Bugden was the owner of Bugden’s Roofing Inc., a now-idle business, and was the on-site supervisor on a roof-shingling job in Pasadena in September 2014. The worksite was visited
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Goodyear settles workplace health and safety violations at Virginia plant
- February 12, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Officials in Virginia say Goodyear will pay $ 1.75 million to settle workplace health and safety violations found in inspections after four deaths at its Danville tire plant. The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry announced the penalties Friday. The department says it has agreed to a settlement with Goodyear and
