Workplace Death

• OHS investigating workplace death at Slave Lake pulp mill

  The company that operates Slave Lake Pulp has confirmed to Global News that a contractor was killed at the site on Wednesday.

  Canada

  Mar 14
  
• Irving Shipbuilding identifies worker killed in workplace incident

  The worker killed at Irving's Halifax shipyard has been identified as Jamie Knight.

  Canada

  Feb 21
  
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• Amazon employee in Ontario collapses, dies after fire alarm sent staff into deep cold

  Roughly 45 minutes after coming back in from the cold, a worker at Amazon's plant in Talbotville, Ont., collapsed near their workstation and died.

  Canada

  Jan 19
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• OHS investigates deadly fall at Edmonton workplace

  Few details have been released, but Alberta Occupational Health and Safety says it is investigating a deadly fall at an Edmonton workplace on Monday.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2023
• 20-year-old dead after workplace fall in Zorra Township, Ontario

  The Ministry of Labour has been notified after a 20-year-old died from injuries sustained in a fall at a workplace in Zorra Township, Ont.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2023
• Worker dead in apparent drowning at Birchcliff Energy site in northwestern Alberta

  The Calgary-based oil and gas company Birchcliff Energy Ltd. said the suspected drowning occurred at one of its water storage pits north of Grande Prairie.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2023
• Road traffic controller dies in hospital after Montreal hit and run; union reacts

  A 39-year-old man who was critically injured in a hit-and-run collision while working at a paving site in Montreal's east end last week has died of his injuries in hospital.

  Crime

  Jul 19, 2023
• Baggage worker dies in workplace incident at Montreal-Trudeau airport

  Officials say the incident happened Saturday afternoon when the worker, who was in charge of baggage handling, took a dangerous fall that led to his death on the job.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2023
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• Ontario man dies in industrial accident at Northeast Nutrition in Truro, N.S.

  The Nova Scotia Department of Labour is investigating after a 55-year-old man died in an industrial accident at a fish feed mill in Truro, N.S. 

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2023
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• Plumbing company, friends remember man who died in Calgary trench collapse tragedy

  'He was a special individual. Liam had a very specific personality that drew you towards him,' says a friend of Liam Johnston, who died in a Calgary workplace accident Thursday.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2023