Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Missing or ineffective safety mechanisms on a rock crusher are being cited as having contributed to the death of a worker at an Ontario stone quarry.
Blog Post #455 – Mining Company Charged
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (March 2010) A mining company in Newfoundland and Labrador faces nine health and safety charges following an incident in January of 2008. Teck Resources Limited has been charged with failing, as an employer, to provide a safe workplace, ensure workers were made familiar of the hazards they may face … Continue Reading
Blog Post #448 – Muck Flood Kills Young Worker
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada Magazine
The failure to develop and implement safety procedures and devices to protect workers from a run of muck has landed Sherritt International Corporation, operating as Canada Talc, a $285,000 fine.
Blog Post #441 – George Downing Estate Drilling Ltd. Fined $75,000 after Worker Injured
Excerpt from the Government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Succession Forage George Downing Ltee./George Downing Estate Drilling Limited, a Quebec mining company, was fined $75,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.