CNESST

• Worker fatally crushed in workplace accident at Quebec recycling facility

  Laval police say he was crushed by a semi-trailer truck and was declared dead at the scene.

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2025
  
• Amazon workers in Quebec worried about health and safety ahead of Prime Day

  Some Amazon warehouse employees say sales day like Prime Day are costing them their health.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2024
  
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• One dead, two injured in Montreal building collapse

  The man's body was found shortly after 10 p.m. after firefighters lifted the ground floor's concrete slab which had collapsed. His death was pronounced on site.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2023
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• Lack of workplace safety led to foreign worker’s death at Quebec farm: report

  The findings of the report were made public Thursday from Quebec's workplace safety board, which investigated the October 2022 death at a farm in Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Mauricie.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2023
• Warning over risks of motorized conveyor belt ‘deficient’ prior to strangulation: report

  A woman suffered serious injuries in February after she was strangled by her scarf, which had become stuck in a motorized conveyor belt. The incident happened at a Montreal bar.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 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
• Number of temporary foreign workers in Quebec on the rise, labour minister says

  Labour Minister Jean Boulet said the "significant'' increase is due to increased demand from businesses, which have to contend with an aging population and labour shortages.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2023
• Woman choked after scarf gets stuck on conveyor belt at Montreal bar, investigation launched

  A spokesperson for the CNESST told Global News that the owner was moving cases of alcohol on a conveyor belt when her scarf became stuck in the mechanism.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2023
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• Laval, Que. police investigate after construction worker dies following 6-storey plunge

  Laval police, the Quebec coroner's office, as well as the workers safety and insurance board – the CNESST – are also looking into the incident.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2023
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• Quebec’s work safety board releases report into firefighter’s 2021 death

  Martin Tremblay died when a second-storey extension collapsed on top of him due to a construction defect and deterioration caused by the fire in Boischatel, Que.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2022