Report from the OHS Canada magazine (Winter 2023)
The investigation into the causes of a fatal blast at a propane company north of Montreal could be long and complex, police said, after three bodies were found at the site.
Report from Google report July 07, 2025 A fatal explosion occurred at a Quebec fuel distributor, Propane Lafortune, in St-Roch-de-l’Achigan on January 12, killing three workers. The explosion, which involved a gasoline vapor ignition during welding repair work on a tanker truck, also destroyed the building. Details of the incident: Cause: A welder was repairing cracks … Continue Reading
Report from the OHS Canada magazine (Winter 2023)
The investigation into the causes of a fatal blast at a propane company north of Montreal could be long and complex, police said, after three bodies were found at the site.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘newsroom’
A worker, employed by Andritz Hydro Canada, of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, a company that supplies hydro turbines and generators in Canada, was critically injured after being struck by a falling sole plate. By not ensuring the sole plate was adequately braced, Andritz Hydro Canada failed, as an employer, to ensure that the measures and procedures 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 2024)
Quebec’s workplace safety board says a lack of training and equipment contributed to the deaths of two firefighters during a flood northeast of Quebec City in May 2023.