Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by DMC Mining Services Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, an underground mining company, was injured while removing an extra power cable from the wall of a mine shaft. The company failed, as an employer, 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.
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Orbit Garant Drilling Services Inc. of Val-d’Or, Quebec, a company providing drilling services to the mining sector, was injured while trying to free a water hose that was caught on a drill rod. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 185(2) of Ontario Regulation 854/90 – ‘Mines and Mining Plants’ were carried out, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘newsroom’
A worker, employed by Compass Minerals Canada Corp., of Mississauga, Ontario, a salt mining company. was critically injured while assisting with repairs on a flexible conveyor train. By failing to close off the area and position warning signs to protect workers, Compass Minerals Canada Corp. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures as prescribed by section 68 of Ontario Regulation 854/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2023)
Ontario is introducing new rules for mines in the province that call for increased ventilation and lower exposure to diesel exhaust.