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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
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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Where?
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Who?
by company- ArcelorMittal Exploitation Minière Canada s.e.n.c. €62.6m 96 % · 2 cases
- Rio Tinto Fer et Titane inc. €1.36m 2 % · 1 case
- Algoma Steel Inc. €747,710 1 % · 1 case
- Brunner Manufacturing & Sales Ltd. (Tecna Forge) €140,306 0 % · 1 case
- Stelco Inc. €136,295 0 % · 1 case
- Metex Heat Treating Ltd. €89,949 0 % · 1 case
- Beausite Métal inc. €24,745 0 % · 1 case
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 1 | €136,295 |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
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| Q1 2026 | 0 | — |
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1 case
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