Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
FNX Mining Company Inc. and one of its supervisors have pleaded guilty to safety violations at the Craig Mine in the City of Greater Sudbury and fined a total of $88,000.
Blog Post #753 – Fall Results in Worker Fatality at a Potash Mine
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A construction worker in Saskatchewan has succumbed to injuries sustained from an 18-metre fall.
Blog Post #749 – Study Probes Fracking
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nova Scotia is commissioning a review on the health, social, economic and environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing.
Commonly known as “fracking”, the process involves pumping fluid or gas down a well to fracture rock below ground to access natural gas. “We have heard from Nova Scotians that they want to have their say and that review should be independent of government; we’ve listened on both counts,” Department of Energy Minister Charlie Parker said on August 28, 2013.
Blog Post #724 – Audit on Silicosis Launched
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Service Newfoundland conducted a medical audit to follow up on a study launched 40 years ago into lung diseases affecting workers at two mines in the Labrador West region.