Workplace Accident

• 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
  
• Kitchener, Ont. elevator company fined $75k after worker fell 9 feet at London apartment

  An elevator company from Kitchener, Ont., has been fined $75,000 after a sub-contracted electrical worker fell nine feet from a platform at an apartment building in London.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2024
  
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• Mother of 2 from Mexico identified as victim of Vancouver crane tragedy

  Yuridia Flores' first job in Canada was working as a labourer at the massive project at Cambie Street and 41st Avenue. Tragically it would also be her last.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2024
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• Man killed in workplace accident at Saint John industrial park: police

  An investigation is underway after a fatal workplace accident at an industrial park in Saint John after a man was injured while operating a work truck.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2024
• 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
• 2nd worker seriously injured in April Nanticoke steel mill incident dies

  The Ministry of Labour says both workers, hurt at a Nanticoke, Ont., steel mill incident in late April, are now dead after sustaining life-threatening injuries.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2023
• Worker killed in Cypress Mountain Resort industrial accident, police say

  West Vancouver police said it appeared that a front-end loader had rolled onto the operator, pinning them.

  Crime

  Oct 3, 2023
• 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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• Friends, family remember man who died in Calgary workplace fatality

  Cho was crushed by a massive slab of marble while working in a warehouse yard.

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2023
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• 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