Posts Tagged As: occupational death

Blog Post #1544 – Mining Company Charged

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2016)

Toronto-based mining company Glenmore Canada Corporation is facing multiple charges over the death of 54-year-old Richard Pigeau, who was killed when a piece of machinery struck him on the Nickel Rim South Mine in Sudbury on October 20, 2015.

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Blog Post #1534 – Workplace Fatality Results in $280,000 Fine for Toronto Waste Management Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker was fatally struck by a dump truck at a landfill site. Waste Management of Canada Corporation failed, as an employer, to protect a worker by ensuring the safety measures and procedures required for a signaler were carried out, as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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