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A Concord, Ont., concrete forming company has been fined $55,000 after a worker was injured when their clothing became caught in a moving conveyor belt during a cleaning task. Camp… …
A construction firm and a concrete supplier have been fined a combined $218,000 after a worker was seriously injured by an arc flash on a construction site near Viking, Alta.… …
A Quebec company has been fined $65,000 after two workers were injured while moving fence panels at an Ottawa light rail maintenance facility. On Oct. 5, 2021, employees of Regional… …
A Red Deer-area farm equipment dealership has been ordered to pay $108,000 after pleading guilty to a workplace safety charge related to a serious injury incident. George’s Farm Centre pleaded… …
A Nepean, Ont., prefabricated home manufacturer has been fined $60,000 after a worker was injured by an automatic nailing machine that wasn’t properly locked out during repairs. Advanced Building Innovation… …
A municipal worker died in May 2023 after a speeding vehicle left the roadway and struck them during storm drain maintenance work, according to a WorkSafeBC incident report. The worker… …
A Leamington-based mushroom producer has been fined $115,000 after a worker was critically injured at its Kingsville facility, Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development said. The incident… …
A manual tree faller was injured during a helicopter logging operation in August 2022 after being struck by tree debris set off in a chain reaction, according to an incident… …
WorkSafeBC has imposed a $674,445.93 penalty against Lafarge Canada Inc. following a fatal incident at the company’s Richmond cement manufacturing facility where a worker was struck and killed by debris… …
A cracked exhaust silencer ignited a fire aboard the Fundy Leader fishing vessel in December 2024, prompting safety investigators to warn employers about combustible materials near high-temperature equipment and inadequate… …
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