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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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| Q2 2026 | 1 | €40,151 |
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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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18 Feb 2026 Fraser Health Authority, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver Coastal HealthBritish Columbia: 36 hospital staff accessed records of Lapu-Lapu Day victims without authorisation Other
Following the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival in 2025, 36 employees of three health authorities accessed patient data of 16 admitted persons without authorisation in 71 instances. Those affected were not informed without undue delay; the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC BC) made nine recommendations, including automated access monitoring and deterrent disciplinary measures.
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Unauthorised viewing of patient records (snooping)
- Authority / court
- Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC BC)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data breaches and data security
- Legal basis
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) BC, s. 25.1
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Culpability
- intentional
- Mitigating circumstances
- Appropriate safeguards were in place; the authorities responded quickly and accepted all recommendations.
- Published
- 18 Feb 2026
- Investigation reveals 71 snooping incidents by 36 healthcare workers following Lapu Lapu Day tragedy Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link