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Chatham/Tilbury contractor prosecuted for damaging pipeline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toronto, ON, January 23, 2019) – Following a Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) investigation, Chatham/Tilbury contractor, Mark...
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Belle River contractor prosecuted for damaging pipeline
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ( Toronto, ON, January 23, 2018 ) –
Following a Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) investigation, Belle River contractor, Sunrise...
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Operating Engineer Convicted for Lapse in Duty
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ( Toronto, ON, January 10, 2019 ) – The Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) has successfully prosecuted the chief operating engineer of a brewery in Hamilton, Ontario, Mr. Mike Murphy.
The Ontario Court of Justice in Hamilton levied a fine of $4,500, plus the mandatory 25% victim surcharge, for Mr. Murphy’s violation of a safety regulation under the Technical...
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Please be aware that Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Miles Industries Ltd. have issued a recall of natural gas and propane H5 Series Fireplace models 1100 and 1150 installed with certain 3 and 4-sided fireplace trim (model numbers 1135, 1140, 1145, 1149 or 1184).
Convective heat (heated air only) can escape from behind the fireplace trim and overheat.
For more information, please see this notice from Health Canada.

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From Consumer Reports: Navien has recalled 3,400 tankless water heaters and boilers because a kit used to convert them from running on natural gas to propane can cause them to produce excessive amounts of carbon monoxide, posing a risk of CO poisoning.
Called the invisible killer because you can’t see or smell it, CO is responsible for 400 deaths a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. No incidents have been  associated with this recall.
Tankless,...
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