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Fine increased in Metron OHS criminal negligence causing death case

September 6, 2013 Christina Catenacci Health and Safety, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll

As you may recall, charges under both the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Criminal Code of Canada were laid against the company Metron for the death of four workers at a Toronto construction site when they fell from a scaffold that did not use proper fall arrest systems. A fifth worker was seriously injured. Metron was convicted under the Criminal Code provisions that make it a criminal offence to direct a worker to perform a task without taking reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to a worker. The trial judge fined the company $200,000 plus the Victim Fine Surcharge of 15 percent or $30,000. The Crown appealed and argued that the fine was manifestly unfit…

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Commentary and update on Metron and Swartz OHS and Criminal Code cases

August 30, 2012 Christina Catenacci Health and Safety, Human Resources

The cases, R. v. Metron Construction Corporation, and R. v. Swartz, are now posted online and we thought you would be interested in a more in-depth commentary of these two cases.

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