Police are reporting a man has succumbed to his injuries after falling from an elevated work station on a job site in …
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Guatemalan man’s estate entitled to redress after court says death was linked to work
By Sidhartha Banerjee Quebec’s Court of Appeal has ruled that the family of a Guatemalan farm worker crushed to death in 2021 trying …
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Police say a 31-year-old woman has died after falling from a ladder in a schoolyard in Montreal’s Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough. Montreal police …
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Pacific Rim Industrial fined $210,000 after worker dies in fall at oil sands facility
An Alberta insulation contractor has been fined $210,000 after a worker died falling through a roof opening at an oil sands facility. …
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Ottawa paving company fined $115,000 after worker killed by reversing truck
An Ottawa-based paving company has been fined $115,000 after one of its workers was struck and killed by a reversing dump truck …
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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro faces safety charges after fatal workplace accident
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and one of its supervisors are facing multiple charges under provincial occupational health and safety legislation following a …
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Delta Land fined $350,000 in Alberta after employee killed while working on excavator
A Red Deer, Alta., land development company has been fined $350,000 after pleading guilty to safety violations that led to a worker’s …
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Hamilton company fined $225,000 after two workers die in steam accident at Stelco
A Hamilton-based siding company has been fined $225,000 after two workers died when they failed to move away from a quench tower …
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Vaughan, Ont., carpentry company fined $140,000 after fatal workplace fall
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA Vaughan, Ont.-based construction company has been fined $140,000 after pleading guilty in a workplace fatality case where a worker fell to …
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Traffic control worker killed by heavy-duty truck near Drummonville, Que.
A traffic control worker has been killed on the job after he was hit by a heavy-duty truck in Drummondville, Que., about …