Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A potash surface mine operator in Saskatchewan has received the province’s maximum fine after pleading guilty to a safety violation in connection with the worker fatality in 2010.
Blog Post #636 – Worker Fatality Spurs Penalty to In-Line Contracting Ltd.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
An Edmonton-based company has been fined $16,000 following an incident that killed a worker. In-Line Contracting Ltd. pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that an effective safeguard was put into place to prevent contact with a dangerous part of a machine, notes a statement from Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety in June, 2012.
Blog Post #635 – Alberta Firms Get Record Penalty
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Two related companies in Alberta have been fined a combined record amount of nearly $2,500,000 more than four years after a worker was fatally crushed in a workplace incident.
Blog Post #634 – Electrical Contact Claims Dig Safe Inc. Worker
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Three employees of Dig Safe Inc. were injured, one fatally, while digging holes for hydro poles in the south end of Ottawa.