OHS Law & Legislation

Algoma Steel fined $200,000 after contract worker dies in unsecured confined space

Company had purged the pipeline with nitrogen to remove flammable gases

Algoma Steel fined $200,000 after contract worker dies in unsecured confined space

Truck driver arrested after crash into five stopped vehicles near Quebec City

Driver arrested for drug possession

Truck driver arrested after crash into five stopped vehicles near Quebec City

U.S. resident charged in Tumbler Ridge school shooting conspiracy

Suspect had the ‘information and ability to alert law enforcement, and even discussed that possibility with the suspect, but chose not to’

U.S. resident charged in Tumbler Ridge school shooting conspiracy

Wesdome Gold Mines fined $100,000 after rock fall injures underground worker

Loose rock fell from the hanging wall and injured the worker

Wesdome Gold Mines fined $100,000 after rock fall injures underground worker

Ottawa trench explosion: Above Water fined $75,000 for worker’s injury

Flammable vapours exploded inside an unventilated trench

Ottawa trench explosion: Above Water fined $75,000 for worker’s injury

St. Marys Cement fined $475,000 for apprentice’s death

Apprentice was working on an overburden hopper whose gate controlled the flow of quarry material

St. Marys Cement fined $475,000 for apprentice’s death