Millwick Waste Recyling fined after worker killed by front-end loader

by Newsroom

An investigation by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development determined that the loader’s operator did not have a full view of the intended path of travel due to the elevated position of the loader’s bucket.

“Millwick Waste Recycling Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure that the loader was operated under the direction of a trained signaller in full view of the operator, as required by section 56 of Ontario Regulation 851/90, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act,” the Ontario government stated.

Section 56 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 provides: Where the operator of a vehicle, mobile equipment, crane, or similar material handling…

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