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One dead, two injured in Montreal building collapseThe 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.CanadaSep 24, 2023
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Lack of workplace safety led to foreign worker’s death at Quebec farm: reportThe 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.CanadaSep 22, 2023
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Warning over risks of motorized conveyor belt ‘deficient’ prior to strangulation: reportA 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.CanadaAug 2, 2023
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Baggage worker dies in workplace incident at Montreal-Trudeau airportOfficials 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.CanadaJul 9, 2023
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Number of temporary foreign workers in Quebec on the rise, labour minister saysLabour 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.CanadaMar 1, 2023
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Woman choked after scarf gets stuck on conveyor belt at Montreal bar, investigation launchedA 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.CanadaFeb 21, 2023
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Laval, Que. police investigate after construction worker dies following 6-storey plungeLaval police, the Quebec coroner's office, as well as the workers safety and insurance board – the CNESST – are also looking into the incident.CanadaFeb 14, 2023
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Quebec’s work safety board releases report into firefighter’s 2021 deathMartin 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.CanadaOct 19, 2022
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Quebec’s work safety board releases report looking into firefighter Pierre Lacroix’s deathQuebec's work safety board has concluded that the boat that firefighters used during a deadly rescue in the St. Lawrence River and the training they received were deficient.CanadaOct 6, 2022
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Workplace safety board says scaffold design led to two deaths at Quebec paper millIn a report released Wednesday, the board says an engineer, who is not named in the report, underestimated the load capacity of the scaffold by more than 25 per cent.CanadaSep 28, 2022
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