Workplace Fatality

• Company pleads guilty to workplace safety charge in Edmonton worker’s smokehouse death

  The company was charged after the death in March 2023.

  Jun 18
  
• 30-year-old worker drowns in industrial accident at B.C. mill

  Numerous first responders from police, fire and ambulance initially attended with the support of the Canadian Coast Guard divers to attempt a rescue.

  Canada

  Jun 4
  
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• ‘Tragic event’: Worker in New Brunswick dies after cell tower fall

  Police say they were called to the site on Coverdale Road in Riverview, N.B., at around 12:30 p.m. Monday. A worker had fallen while working on a cellular tower.

  Canada

  Apr 8
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• Rocanville potash mine temporarily closed following worker fatality

  An investigation is looking into the death of a worker at the Nutrien potash mine in Rocanville, Sask. which occurred on Sunday. Operations have been suspended until Wednesday.

  Canada

  May 21, 2024
• Syncrude Canada to pay $390K in ‘creative sentence’ following workplace fatality

  A fine leveled against Syncrude Canada in relation to a workplace death dating back to 2021, will be used to create ways to improve safety on the jobsite.

  Crime

  Apr 8, 2024
• One person dead after an incident on a Clearwater Seafoods vessel in Nova Scotia

  Nova Scotia's Department of Labour was notified of the death Thursday, and a stop-work order is in place as Occupational Health and Safety officers investigate what happened.

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2024
• Halifax Shipyard worker dies after workplace incident Monday morning

  Irving Shipbuilding has confirmed a Halifax Shipyard employee died as a result of a workplace incident early Monday. The Department of Labour is investigating.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2024
• 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
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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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• Worker dies at Fort McMurray ammonium sulphate production plant

  A contractor working on the roof of the Chemtrade site in Fort McMurray, Alta., died Thursday.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2023