Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was critically injured when a construction drill rig tipped on uneven ground and struck them. Consbec Inc. failed to ensure the worker had been provided sufficient information, instruction and supervision on the safe operation of the drill rig. Consbec Inc. is a surface and underground mining and civil construction contractor.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Three workers, employed by Lehigh Cement Limited, now operating as Heidelberg Materials Canada Limited, of Calgary, Alberta, were injured while performing maintenance on a cement kiln. The company failed to take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to section 25(2)(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2016)
Toronto-based mining company Glenmore Canada Corporation is facing multiple charges over the death of 54-year-old Richard Pigeau, who was killed when a piece of machinery struck him on the Nickel Rim South Mine in Sudbury on October 20, 2015.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by SCR Mines Technology (2013) Inc., of Val Caron, Ontario, a company that provides specialty underground mine development and maintenance service, was fatally injured when blasted ore saturated with concrete and water overwhelmed protective barriers at the base of a mining shaft used to transfer ore and mining waste from the Lac Des Iles Mine. The Lac Des Iles Mine is managed by Impala Canada Ltd., of Toronto, Ontario.