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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 1 | €272,982 |
| Q1 2024 | 1 | €136,295 |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | €176,633 |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | €265,475 |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €140,306 |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €89,949 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 3 | €177,222 |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | €309,578 |
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27 Aug 2026 Maple Lodge Farms Ltd.Poultry processor Maple Lodge Farms: CA$500,000 after CO2 leak without gas detection system €309,578
In March 2024, a CO2 hose on a vacuum mixer ruptured in the deli area of the plant in Brampton; around 16,000 pounds of carbon dioxide escaped and one worker suffered life-threatening injuries. There was no CO2 sensor with an alarm. Following a guilty plea, a fine of CA$500,000 plus a 25 % victim fine surcharge.
Wherever refrigerant or inert gases are used in quantity, a gas detection system is part of the basic equipment.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Brampton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(2)(h) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Food and agriculture
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea; permanently installed CO2 sensor after the incident.
- Published
- 27 Aug 2026
Original amount 500,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Aug 2026.
- Carbon Dioxide-Related Injury Results in $500,000 Fine for Brampton Food Manufacturer (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Jun 2026 Ideal Supply Inc.Ladder fall in warehouse: industrial supplies distributor pays CA$70,000 €43,239
At the warehouse and distribution centre in Listowel (around 130 employees at the site), a worker fell around 1.2 m while climbing down a ladder at high-bay racking. He had not been adequately informed, instructed and supervised on the safe use of ladders. Fine of CA$70,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
Even everyday tasks such as working from ladders at racking require documented instruction – otherwise there is no evidence whatsoever if an incident occurs.
Safe use of ladders in the warehouse
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Stratford (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Sections 25(2)(a), 66(1) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 8 Jul 2026
Original amount 70,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2026.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Jun 2026 St. Joseph's Healthcare HamiltonHamilton hospital: CA$65,000 after injury caused by known centrifuge defect €40,151
In the teaching hospital's virology laboratory, the lid of a centrifuge fell on an employee who had to hold it open by hand because of a defective gas spring; she was seriously injured. Maintenance reports from 2023 and 2024 had already called for the spring to be replaced. Fine of CA$65,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
A defect documented in maintenance reports that is not remedied makes every subsequent accident foreseeable – defective equipment must be taken out of use.
Reporting defective equipment and taking it out of service
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Hamilton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(1)(b) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea; repair two days after the accident.
- Published
- 21 Jul 2026
Original amount 65,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Jun 2026.
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Fined $65,000 for Workplace Injury (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Apr 2026 12066424 Canada Inc.Temporary staffing agency and director: CA$150,000 over unpaid wages €93,832
Following complaints, the labour inspectorate found, among other things, outstanding minimum wages at the temporary staffing agency in Leamington; an audit for 2022 showed that hundreds of employees were owed a total of CA$234,212 in regular wages, public holiday pay and vacation pay. The company and its director did not comply with the 2023 orders to pay; in proceedings held in their absence, the court imposed CA$100,000 on the company and CA$50,000 on the director (plus victim fine surcharge).
Companies that ignore regulatory orders to pay outstanding wages risk not only a corporate fine but also personal liability for management.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Windsor (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Ontario), ss. 103(8), 106, 132, 136
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- Director Son-Van Duong personally fined CA$50,000.
- Published
- 3 Jun 2026
Original amount 150,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Apr 2026.
- Temporary Help Agency and Director Fined $150,000 Total for Failing to Pay Wages (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Jul 2025 Metex Heat Treating Ltd.Heat treatment firm Metex: CA$144,000 after flash fire during furnace start-up €89,949
When restarting a hardening furnace (hydrogen and oil quench bath) that had been shut down for weeks, residual vapours ignited because too much time elapsed between the nitrogen purge and ignition; two workers were seriously injured. Only one was wearing flame-resistant clothing; the other had not been provided with any. Fine of CA$144,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
Infrequently performed tasks such as restarting equipment require fixed step-by-step procedures and complete protective equipment for everyone involved.
Start-up procedures for industrial furnaces; protective clothing
- Authority / court
- Ontario Court of Justice Brampton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(2)(h) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 21 Aug 2025
Original amount 144,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Jul 2025.
- Brampton Company Fined $144,000 After Furnace Explosion Injures Workers (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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22 May 2025 Brunner Manufacturing & Sales Ltd. (Tecna Forge)Forge Tecna Forge: fatal fall during first-time press maintenance – CA$220,000 €140,306
In 2023, two employees of the forge in Niagara Falls removed a spacer from a press for the first time; instead of the guide bolts prescribed in the manual, they used makeshift steel bolts and left the piston assembly, weighing around 1.25 t, hanging from the crane. The load swung out, and a worker fell to the ground with it and died. The company had not informed the employees of the dangers of deviating from the operating manual; fine of CA$220,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
Maintenance tasks performed for the first time require instruction based on the manufacturer's manual – improvising with heavy loads ends in fatalities.
Working in accordance with the operating manual on infrequent maintenance tasks
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Welland (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(2)(d) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 20 Jun 2025
Original amount 220,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 May 2025.
- Niagara Falls Manufacturer Fined $220,000 Following Workplace Fatality (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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28 Mar 2025 Ontario International College Inc.Private college and director: CA$410,000 for ignored orders to pay wages €265,475
The college failed to pay 14 employees wages of almost CA$185,000 and ignored the labour inspectorate's orders to pay from 2019/2020; the director did not pay either. The court imposed CA$270,000 on the company and CA$140,000 on the director, in addition to the outstanding wages.
Outstanding wage claims do not go away – the fine comes on top of the back pay and also hits management personally.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Toronto (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Ontario), ss. 103(8), 106, 132, 136
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- Director Anchuan Jiang personally fined CA$140,000.
- Published
- 28 May 2025
Original amount 410,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 28 Mar 2025.
- Toronto-based Company and Its Director Fined $410,000 for Failure to Pay Wages (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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19 Nov 2024 Hydro One Networks Inc.Hydro One and supervisor: CA$262,000 after contact with live line €176,633
While copper conductors were being installed on a de-energised 44 kV line, a piece of conductor touched the uncovered 4.8 kV line running below it; a worker was seriously injured. The network operator had not complied with the safety rules for work near energised equipment. Fines of CA$250,000 (company, 19 November 2024) and CA$12,000 (supervisor, 13 August 2024).
De-energising alone is not enough – adjacent lines that remain live must be covered, and supervisors are liable for oversight.
Covering adjacent live parts
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Goderich (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Sections 181, 183 O. Reg. 213/91 (Construction Projects) i. V. m. s. 132 Electrical Utility Safety Rules; ss. 27(1)(a), 25(1)(c) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty pleas.
- Liability of senior managers
- Supervising manager personally fined CA$12,000.
- Published
- 15 Jan 2025
Original amount 262,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Nov 2024.
- Power Company and Supervisor Fined $262,000 Total After Critical Workplace Injury (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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26 Feb 2024 Stelco Inc.Stelco: CA$200,000 after fatal conveyor accident involving a lone worker €136,295
A coal worker working alone at the Hamilton steelworks was presumably applying belt dressing spray between the running belt and the head pulley when he was fatally caught; the head section of the conveyor was not guarded, and there was no safe method for applying the spray while the belt was running. Fine of CA$200,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
Where employees have to intervene while equipment is running, a safe technical solution is needed – and lone working requires a monitoring concept.
No intervention in running conveyor systems; lone working
- Authority / court
- Ontario Court of Justice Hamilton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(1)(c) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario) i. V. m. s. 196(2)(a) O. Reg. 854 (Mines and Mining Plants)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea; subsequently improved rules on lone working and machine guarding across the entire operation.
- Published
- 6 Mar 2024
Original amount 200,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Feb 2024.
- Workplace Fatality Results in $200,000 Fine for Hamilton Steel Company (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 Dec 2023 iSpan Systems LP; East Elgin Concrete Forming Ltd.Building collapse in London (Ontario): steel fabricator and concrete firm pay CA$400,000 €272,982
In December 2020, part of a new building collapsed while concrete was being poured on the roof level; two workers died and four were seriously injured. The manufacturer of the structural steel system had not ensured its load-bearing capacity, and the concrete firm had not adequately instructed its workers on correct measuring procedures. Fines of CA$260,000 (iSpan) and CA$140,000 (East Elgin).
In subcontracting chains, the structural system manufacturer and the supervising contractor each remain responsible in their own right – passing on the work does not relieve them.
Instruction on concrete pouring specifications and load limits
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Ontario Court of Justice London (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(1)(e)(iii) (iSpan) und Section 25(2)(a) (East Elgin) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Construction and real estate
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty pleas by both companies.
- Published
- 5 Jan 2024
Original amount 400,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Dec 2023.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link