Two workers killed in collision at Suncor oilsands
Mine is located near Fort McMurray, Alberta
Hamilton trailer manufacturer fined for worker’s death
Miska Trailer Factory staffer died after coming into contact with live powerlines
Windsor concrete company fined $175,000 for fatality
Prestressed Systems pleaded guilty to failing to adequately protect a worker.
Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, one death
No workers inside the building when the fire broke out around 4 a.m.
Two dead following accident at western Pennsylvania plant
Incident happened while workers were doing maintenance in an underground enclosure at the coal-fired power plant.
Three die, 4 hurt when boiler explodes in St. Louis box plant
Investigators were trying to pinpoint what caused the 1.5-ton cast iron boiler to blow up.
Ont. man fatally crushed between two trailers in industrial accident
Incident occured in Campbellford, Ont., north of Trenton.
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Worker dies after exposure to cyanide
A bag of sodium cynanide was discovered in the 38-year old electroplating company employee’s pocket.
Four workers killed in explosion at Shanghai machinery factory
Cause of the explosion has yet to be identified; also injured two other workers.
Samsung probes factories over cancer scare
A South Korean court has ruled two cancer-related deaths were caused by iffy conditions at semiconductor factories
