Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
By: Jason Contant
An Alberta worker was injured when he tried to remove an article (shoes) from an overhead power line and received an electrical shock.
Blog Post #340 – $1.5 Million Penalty for Workplace Accident in Alberta – Congratulations!
Posted by Shane Todd on January 30, 2013
SSEC Canada Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of Sinopec Shanghai Engineering, has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in relation to a workplace accident that killed two foreign nationals and injured three others in Alberta. The fine is widely being reported as the largest fine imposed for a workplace accident in Alberta.
Blog Post #336 – $300,000 Fine Levied in Rock Crusher Death
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Alberta construction company has been fined $300,000 for its failure to protect the health and safety of a 20- year-old employee who died after becoming entangled in the unguarded tail pulley of a rock crusher.
Blog Post #334 – Lakota Worker Suffers Fatal Crushing Injuries
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An oil worker died December 28, 2007 after being struck in the head by a large container lid at a drilling site about 35 kilo-metres southwest of Cardston, Alberta.