P.E.I. business fined $75K after accident that led to employee to losing both his legs
A Charlottetown company has been ordered to pay $75,000 after a workplace accident in July 2025 that resulted in an employee losing both of his legs.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-court-workplace-accident-label-recycling-9.7201708?cmp=rss
This won’t be the last #workplaceAccident in the former superpower. But it might be one of the last to be reported. Dictators don’t want to lose face. Those accidents lead to deductions in the freestyle scoring. In civilized countries, there’s #WorkplaceSafety, #PaternityLeave, and #freeHealthCare.

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N.B. Power ordered to pay $75K related to 2023 workplace death
N.B. Power has been fined $75,000 in relation to the death of a linesman who was killed in a 2023 workplace accident. The utility plead guilty in February to failing to have an evacuation plan in place for injured workers, and the judge handed down the sentence on Monday in a Moncton courtroom.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-ordered-pay-75000-linesman-death-9.7170786?cmp=rss
Worker dies in incident at Annapolis Valley poultry facility
The Nova Scotia Department of Labout said the incident occurred overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/worker-dies-in-incident-at-glenmont-poultry-facility-9.7157413?cmp=rss
Worker falls down 6-metre hole at Langley Events Centre construction site
Langley, B.C., RCMP said they were called to the 7800 block of 200th Street, along with first responders from the Township of Langley Fire Department.
#accident #construction #Langley #LangleyEventsCentre #Canada #Workplaceaccident
https://globalnews.ca/news/11713172/worker-falls-down-hole-langley-events-centre-construction-site/
Worker falls down 6-metre hole at Langley Events Centre construction site
Langley, B.C., RCMP said they were called to the 7800 block of 200th Street, along with first responders from the Township of Langley Fire Department.
#accident #construction #Langley #LangleyEventsCentre #Canada #Workplaceaccident
https://globalnews.ca/news/11713172/worker-falls-down-hole-langley-events-centre-construction-site/
Worker falls down 6-metre hole at Langley Events Centre construction site
Langley, B.C., RCMP said they were called to the 7800 block of 200th Street, along with first responders from the Township of Langley Fire Department.
#accident #construction #Langley #LangleyEventsCentre #Canada #Workplaceaccident
https://globalnews.ca/news/11713172/worker-falls-down-hole-langley-events-centre-construction-site/

Today in Labor History February 11, 1981: Thirteen workers were contaminated when 105,000 gallons of radioactive coolant leaked into a containment building of the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Sequoyah I plant in Tennessee.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #nuclear #accident #workplaceaccident #radiation #workplacesafety

**Cảnh báo tai nạn lao động nghiêm trọng!**

Một người đàn ông 40 tuổi đã phải nhập viện cấp cứu sau khi bị kẹt tay vào máy xay thịt trong lúc vệ sinh. Do sơ suất, bàn tay trái của nạn nhân bị dập nát nặng, buộc bác sĩ phải cắt cụt cẳng tay để cứu sống.

Hãy luôn thận trọng khi sử dụng máy móc công nghiệp, tuân thủ quy trình an toàn lao động để tránh những hậu quả đáng tiếc!

#TaiNạnLaoĐộng #AnToànLaoĐộng #CảnhBáo #SafetyFirst #WorkplaceAccident #IndustrialSafety

https://vtcnews.vn/nguoi-dan-on

CEO killed at industrial site by worker operating forklift while talking on the phone, OSHA report shows

The files are from OSHA’s recently closed investigation into the death of 45-year-old Sunbok You in March 2025.

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