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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€40,151Total of monetary amounts
€40,151Largest single case: St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
€40,151Median per case with an amount

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1 case

18 Jun 2026 St. Joseph's Healthcare HamiltonHamilton hospital: CA$65,000 after injury caused by known centrifuge defect Canada, ONWorkplace safety and accidents €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.

What organisations can take from it

A defect documented in maintenance reports that is not remedied makes every subsequent accident foreseeable – defective equipment must be taken out of use.

Relevance to training and awareness

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.

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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