NS Department Of Labour

• Problems with roof supports leads to temporary closure of coal mine in Cape Breton

  Inspectors were sent into the Donkin Mine on Monday where they found a "very small amount" of roof material had fallen on the floor of the tunnel.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2023
  
• 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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• N.S. Labour Department investigating after construction worker is impaled by uncapped rebar

  According to the site's owner, the worker slipped on ice on the top floor of the development at 370 Gary Martin Drive.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2020
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• Halifax tower crane ‘malfunctioned’ four months before collapse: redacted engineer’s report

  Aside from section titles, nearly every word is redacted from the report, including more than one full page that deals with “reasons for collapse.”

  Politics

  Jan 3, 2020
• Nova Scotia’s Donkin coal mine suspends work after roof collapses

  Mine spokesperson Shannon Campbell issued a statement describing the incident as "certain adverse geologic conditions beyond our control."

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2019
• N.S. labour department investigating after man falls off ladder at Dartmouth work site

  The 29-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital by ambulance.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2018