Workplace Fatality

A worker has died at a mine site near Kirkland Lake, Ont., after being pinned by equipment during a shaft sinking operation, Workplace Safety North says. The Ministry of Labour,… …

Manitoba’s Department of Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures has been fined $100,000 after a wildfire worker died when an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rolled over while on duty in 2022. The… …

By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee A B.C. Supreme Court justice ordered contractor J. Cote & Son Excavating to pay $575,000 Monday after ruling the company’s criminal negligence caused the… …

A coroner’s inquest jury has released recommendations aimed at preventing workplace deaths after hearing evidence into the deaths of two men at New Brunswick work sites in 2024. The inquest… …

A Norwich, Ont., construction company has been fined $60,000 after a worker fell to his death through barn roof trusses at a Thamesford dairy farm in December 2023. Hendrik Jan… …

By Arty Sarkisian | Nunatsiaq News Prosecutors are trying to obtain a victim impact statement from the family of an electrician who died on the job, as they work to resolve a… …

A Cessna 172 operated by Chinook Helicopters (1982) Ltd. crashed into a mountainside near Abbotsford, British Columbia, on April 5, 2025, killing both occupants during a training flight, according to… …

A commercial diver drowned in October 2023 after the fishing vessel’s propeller unexpectedly engaged while he was entering the water to harvest sea cucumbers, a workplace safety investigation has found.… …

A WorkSafeBC investigation has concluded that a flooring worker died after falling through an unguarded second-floor opening at a newly built British Columbia elementary school in August 2023. The worker… …