A construction worker installing vapour barrier in a house under construction died from carbon monoxide poisoning after running a gas-powered generator indoors to power a kerosene space heater, an investigation… …
A window cleaner was electrocuted and died after an extendable water-fed cleaning pole touched high-voltage power lines at a private home in British Columbia in May 2024, according to a… …
Two correctional officers were killed in a motor vehicle accident on Aug. 7 while escorting an inmate from Edmonton Institution for Women, the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers (UCCO-SACC-CSN) said.… …
A worker died after a large piece of concrete formwork fell 26 storeys and struck them on a British Columbia highrise construction site, and a WorkSafeBC investigation has now traced… …
Two fish harvesters died Tuesday when their vessel sank off Brent’s Cove, N.L., prompting condolences from the province’s premier and other officials. The Canadian Coast Guard received a report of… …
A worker drowned in October 2023 after a workboat operated by a marine towing company capsized in high winds off the coast. The worker made a distress call before the… …
Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC has been ordered to pay $360,000 after a worker died at a mine site near Warburg, Alta. The company pleaded guilty on July 8 in… …
A Calgary plumbing contractor has been fined a total of $330,000 after a worker died in a trench collapse in 2023. Mr. Mike’s Plumbing Ltd. pleaded guilty on July 13… …
Two Island Emergency Medical Services (EMS) paramedics and the patient they were transporting died in a motor vehicle accident involving an ambulance in New Brunswick on July 7, according to… …
A Guelph company and one of its workers have been fined a total of $195,000 after a truck driver fell to his death while being helped off a truck bed.… …
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