Posts Categorized As: Crane Accident

Blog Post #1723 – Three Companies Fined in 2022 Death of Worker in Northern Alberta

Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2025) as originally reported by the Canadian Press

Three companies have been fined $1.2 million over a workplace death in northern Alberta.

Suncor Energy Services Inc., Joy Global Canada Ltd., and NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul Services Ltd. each pleaded guilty to a charge under Alberta’s occupational health and safety rules.

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Blog Post #1714 – Workplace Fatality Results in $375,000 Fine for Toronto Propane Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Superior Propane, was fatally injured between a 1000-gallon steel propane tank and the brick wall of a building. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 76 of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1698 – Quebec-based Construction Company Fined $65,000 After Worker Injury

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Bellai Alliance Floor Finishing Ltd. of Gatineau, Quebec (formerly Bellai Bros. Construction), was injured by a swinging peri box that was rigged to a tower crane. Bellai Alliance Floor Finishing Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures required by section 179(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Ontario Health and Safety Act.

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Blog Post #1692 – Workplace Injury Results In $75,000 Fine for Wallaceburg Company

Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Aarkel Tool and Die Inc. of Wallaceburg, Ontario, an automotive tooling manufacturer, was critically injured after a lower carrier assembly tipped and fell. The company failed, as an employer, to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to protect the health or safety of the worker as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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