>
A metal fabrication company in Alexandria, ON, has been fined $100,000 after a worker died as a result of severe head trauma.
Read More
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.
Read More
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
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
SafeWork Manitoba has embarked on a new safety campaign that uses “zombies” as stand-ins for potentially deadly hazards faced by young workers.
Read More
According to WorkSafeBC, hearing damage on the job carries a $20 million-per-year healthcare cost in British Columbia.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More