Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The deaths of four people who were simply doing their jobs at the Sullivan Mine reclamation project near Kimberley, British Columbia have prompted changes that provincial officials hope will avert similar loss of life in future.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The suffocation death of an employee inspecting a nitrogen-hauling tank in August, 2005 has landed CVA Canada Inc. penalties totaling $325,000.
Excerpt from the Ontario Government’s ‘Newsroom’
The Wesbell Group of Technologies Inc., a Toronto telecommunications company, was fined $200,000 on July 21, 2009, for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after two workers were killed.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan received the maximum penalty amount under the provincial health and safety legislation in connection with the death of miner, Robert Tkach, in September 2008. They were fined a total of $420,000 on March 15, 2010 after pleading guilty to one charge of failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of a worker, contrary to Section 3(a) of the Occupational Health & Safety Act. The fine includes the maximum penalty of $300,000 plus the maximum victim fine surcharge of $120,000.