Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
Two workers at a potash mine in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan were injured, one fatally, on November 28, 2010 when a raw ore bin’s bottom collapsed and the material spilled out.
Blog Post #182 – Lac Des Iles Mines Ltd. Fined $110,000 for Health and Safety Violation
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Lac Des Iles Mines Ltd., a Toronto mining company, pleaded guilty and was fined $110,000 on January 15, 2010, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
Blog Post #161 – Area Cleared After a Fire Releases Gas, North of Fort McMurray
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
More than a thousand workers were sent home from Suncor Energy Inc. Millenium Coker Unit about 25 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, Alberta after a fire broke out.
Blog Post #142 – Information on Nickel Carbonyl Lacking
Excerpt from the OHS Canada Magazine
Medical professionals and researchers need to pay greater attention to building information on nickel carbonyl and its health effects, a coroner’s jury looking into the death of an Ontario miner 9 years ago has recommended.