A Brampton recycling company and the employment agency that placed a worker at its plant have been fined a combined $265,000 after the worker died while clearing debris from an… …
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WCB stresses prevention after recent workplace fatalities in Manitoba
By Renee Lilley | Portage Graphic Leader Provincial authorities are investigating two separate workplace accidents in southern Manitoba last week that left two workers dead. The first incident occurred Monday, June 15 around… …
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Passenger drowned trapped inside overturned seaplane in Warner Bay, B.C.: TSB report
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a passenger drowned trapped inside a seaplane that overturned while landing in Warner Bay, B.C., in October 2024. The board, known as the… …
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WorkSafeBC investigation finds three safety failures in B.C. egg farm worker fatality
A worker at a British Columbia egg production farm died after being caught between an automated feed hopper and the housing of a laying hen colony while working alone in… …
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WorkSafeBC fines Top Line Formwork nearly $24K after crane rigging drop kills worker
A worker died after a large formwork panel fell on him at a Victoria construction site, resulting in a $23,561.11 penalty against Top Line Formwork Inc. imposed by WorkSafeBC on… …
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West Fraser Mills fined $110K in death of contractor buried by frozen wood fibre inside B.C. silo
A worker died after being buried by frozen wood fibre inside a silo at West Fraser Mills Ltd.’s Quesnel sawmill, triggering a $110,855.83 penalty imposed by WorkSafeBC on May 12,… …
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Truck driver testifies he tried to brake before fatal Hwy. 102 collision
By Carrie Ivardi | TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The Crown suggested that the accused was accelerating going down the hill on Highway 102 minutes before the collision that took the… …
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Alberta materials supplier fined $350K after worker killed by falling marble slabs
LX Hausys Canada Inc. pleaded guilty in Calgary court to a workplace safety violation following a 2023 fatality at its Calgary warehouse in which a worker was struck and killed… …
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$145K in fines handed down after worker killed by reversing loader at Ontario farm site
An Ontario farming corporation and an excavating contractor have been fined a total of $145,000 after a worker was killed by a reversing front-end loader at a construction project in… …
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Weyerhaeuser fined $355K after worker killed at Grande Prairie, Alta., lumber mill
Weyerhaeuser Company Limited has been ordered to pay $355,000 after a worker died at a lumber mill near Grande Prairie, Alta. The company pleaded guilty on May 19 in the… …


