Home Features & AnalysisTSB report cites overloading, safety gaps in Nunavut barge capsize that sent worker into the sea
The Sivumut anchored in Frobisher Bay, just off the shore of Iqaluit, Nunavut, with tug Qimmiq and the Tasijuaq barge, composed of the Tasijuaq I and Tasijuaq II, alongside (Source: Mathieu Durocher)
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TSB report cites overloading, safety gaps in Nunavut barge capsize that sent worker into the sea

by Todd Humber
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says an overloaded barge operating beyond its stability limits capsized during Arctic sealift work off Iqaluit, sending a worker and 23 containers into…

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Todd Humber is an award-winning workplace journalist who has been covering the HR, employment law, and workplace safety beats for 25 years. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief at Safety News Canada, published by North Wall Media.

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