TIMMINS, ON – Resolute FP Canada, operator of a paper mill, has pleaded guilty and has been fined $55,000 after a worker suffered a hand injury. In October of 2014 Resolute was operating a paper mill in the town of Iroquois Falls. On October 23 of that year, a worker at the mill was working [Read more]
KINGSTON, ON – Hydro One Networks Inc. has pleaded guilty and has been fined $325,000 after a worker was killed while moving power equipment at the electricity transmission and distribution company’s Hinchinbrooke Distribution Station. On March 5, 2013, a crew of five workers at the [Read more]
Vale Canada Limited Fined $1,050,000 After Two Workers Fatally Injured SUDBURY, ON – Vale Canada Limited Vale Canada Limitée (“Vale”), a Toronto-based company which owns and operates an underground mine in the City of Greater Sudbury called the Stobie Mine was fined $1,050,000 [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Saturday, August 31st, 2013 approximately 3:50 pm, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) was travelling on a downhill trail with a lone male occupant. The driver failed to negotiate a right turn to continue on the main bush road and went down a steep embankment. The driver, who was not [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Chad Shostal, a Thunder Bay construction supervisor, was fined $10,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. On July 12, 2011, Mr. Shostal, who was working for an independent contractor, was supervising workers shingling the [Read more]
Wal-Mart Canada Corp. Fined $120,000 For Health And Safety Violations July 22, 2010 4:20 PM St. Catharines, Ont. – Wal-Mart Canada Corp., a Mississauga-based company, was fined $45,000 on June 23, 2010, and $75,000 on July 16, 2010, for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. On [Read more]
