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 #427 – Cuddy Farms Limited 2008 Fined $65,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Cuddy Farms Limited 2008, a Strathroy, Ontario company that breeds turkeys, was fined $65,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
Blog Post #287 – Confined Space and its Hazards – Death by Design
Article from the OH&S Canada Magazine
By: Jason Contant
On the morning of September 5, 2008, a plumber was called to A-1 Mushroom Substratum Ltd. in Langley, British Columbia for the second time in as many days. There, he found an intake pipe at the bottom of a pump shed completely blocked and informed a supervisor at the mushroom composting facility that a company with expertise in sewer pump-out would be needed.
Blog Post #151 – Confined Space Death at Sure Fresh Foods Inc.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
In early January, Sure Fresh Foods Inc. entered a single guilty plea for its failure to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker regarding confined space entry procedures.
A $150,000 fine has been levied against a chicken-processing company in Barrie, Ontario following the death of a worker in April, 2006.