By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee More than 13 years after one pipe layer was killed and another injured while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer, their employer is in court for a… …
Workplace Fatality
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Global Safety NewsWorkplace Safety
U.S. workplace deaths fall to 5,070 in 2024, marking second straight annual decline
Workplace fatalities in the United States dropped for the second consecutive year in 2024, with 5,070 worker deaths recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The National Safety Council,… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Nova Scotia finds no safety violations after Walmart worker killed in bakery oven
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberNova Scotia’s Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration has concluded its investigation into the October 2024 death of a worker at a Halifax Walmart and found no violations. The investigation… …
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OHS FinesWorkplace Safety
Manitoba employer fined $70,000 after worker dies in unguarded fan blade incident
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA Manitoba company has been fined $70,000 after a worker was killed when he fell into the unguarded blades of a radiator fan at a worksite in 2022. Wintec Building… …
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Features & AnalysisOHS FinesWorkplace Safety
Cooke subsidiary ordered to pay $6K for 2022 fall leading to death of worker in New Brunswick
By Andrew Bates | Telegraph Journal The mother of a 24-year-old Newfoundland and Labrador man who died in hospital after falling from a ladder while working for a Cooke, Inc. subsidiary… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Worker died after falling 22 feet down elevator shaft at construction site: WorkSafeBC report
A worker died after falling approximately 22 feet through an elevator shaft while walking across two wooden boards at a house under construction, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation into the… …
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Features & AnalysisLegislation & Government PolicyWorkplace Safety
Jury recommends training, supervision changes in inquest into fatal 2024 accident in New Brunswick
By Andrew Bates | Telegraph Journal A coroner’s jury is recommending that equipment be used only as intended after a 27,000 kilogram trailer slipped off the front of an “offroad forklift”… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Worker killed after telehandler rolls downhill at ski resort: WorkSafeBC investigation
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA worker died after a telehandler rolled down a ski hill slope and tipped onto them in October 2023. The worker was operating a rough terrain telehandler forklift carrying aluminum… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Miner killed in fall of ground incident at Saskatchewan potash mine
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA miner operator died last Monday following a fall of ground incident at the Mosaic K3 potash mine near Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. Tyrone McLeod, a member of Unifor Local 892, was… …
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Features & AnalysisOHS LawWorkplace Safety
B.C. court delivers a rare guilty verdict in a workplace fatality case
By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee More than 13 years after pipe layer Jeff Caron was crushed to death while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer, a B.C. Supreme Court judge… …


