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Ontario Metal Fabricator Fined for Fatality

Ontario Metal Fabricator Fined for Fatality

A metal fabrication company in Alexandria, ON, has been fined $100,000 after a worker died as a result of severe head trauma.

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Exterminator Fined for Starting Building Fire

Exterminator Fined for Starting Building Fire

When an exterminator was hired to get rid of bedbugs in a top-floor suite in an Edmonton, AB, condominium in 2011, no one expected the company’s actions would harm much more than just bedbugs.

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Ottawa School Board Fined in Fatal Blast Case

Ottawa School Board Fined in Fatal Blast Case

The Ottawa Catholic District School Board has been fined $275,000, plus a 25-percent victim fine surcharge, after one of its students was killed in an explosion.

Students were making barbecues out of steel barrels at Mother Ter

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esa High School on May 26, 2011. One of the students was cutting a barrel with a hand grinder when the barrel suddenly exploded, killing him.

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News You Can Use: RCMP Fined $100,000 in Flash-Bang Injury Case

News You Can Use: RCMP Fined $100,000 in Flash-Bang Injury Case

An Alberta Provincial Court judge in Edmonton has fined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police $100,000 regarding an explosion of a flash-bang device that caused an RCMP corporal to lose four fingers and part of his right hand.

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Innovative Young Worker Safety Campaign Uses ‘Zombies’

Innovative Young Worker Safety Campaign Uses ‘Zombies’

SafeWork Manitoba has embarked on a new safety campaign that uses “zombies” as stand-ins for potentially deadly hazards faced by young workers.

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Workplace Hearing Damage Costs BC $20 Million a Year

Workplace Hearing Damage Costs BC $20 Million a Year

According to WorkSafeBC, hearing damage on the job carries a $20 million-per-year healthcare cost in British Columbia.

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Worker Killed at Metal Depot Had Overcome Demons

Worker Killed at Metal Depot Had Overcome Demons

A 35-year-old worker who died after becoming caught in a joint product separator—a machine used to break down scrap vehicles—is said to have made major strides in recent years to turn around a personal history of crime and drug abuse.

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From the Fatality Files: Worker Struck by Roller Coaster Dies

From the Fatality Files: Worker Struck by Roller Coaster Dies

Workplace safety officials in Montreal, QC, are trying to determine why an amusement park maintenance worker entered a restricted zone and was fatally struck by a roller coaster called The Vampire.

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News You Can Use: BC Company Fined for Fall Protection Shortcomings

News You Can Use: BC Company Fined for Fall Protection Shortcomings

Permitting its workers to carry heavy loads up ladders and work well above ground without proper fall protection has cost a Vancouver construction company about $72,225.

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Feature: Will Your Lighting Cut it in an Emergency?

Feature: Will Your Lighting Cut it in an Emergency?

Should a power failure occur in your workplace, emergency lighting is expected to kick in and help workers and others find their way to safety.

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