Jason King, a former Springhill Construction Ltd. supervisor in New Brunswick, was sentenced to three years in prison for criminal negligence causing the death of 18-year-old worker Michael Henderson in 2018. King was convicted in June 2023 for reckless disregard of safety protocols, including failing to secure a confined space and failing to warn workers of a, fatal, 2018 water pipe test which drowned the teenager. The New Brunswick Court of Appeal upheld the conviction and three-year sentence in January 2025.
Blog Post #1630 – N.B. Power Worker Killed While Restoring Electricity in Moncton
Initial Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2023)
A worker at New Brunswick Power was killed on the job on Jan. 17, 2023 according to the utility.
Blog Post #1514 – Worker Dies After a Fall in New Brunswick
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (February 2017)
A foreman is dead after falling approximately 12.5 metres from the fourth storey of a building at a construction site in Fredericton.
Blog Post #1426 – Initiative to Reduce Numbers in New Brunswick
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Sept. 2015)
New Brunswick’s workers’ compensation authority has launched an initiative to improve worker safety in the waste-collection industry.