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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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€136,295Total of monetary amounts
€136,295Largest single case: Stelco Inc.
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1 case

26 Feb 2024 Stelco Inc.Stelco: CA$200,000 after fatal conveyor accident involving a lone worker Canada, ONWorkplace safety and accidents €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.

What organisations can take from it

Where employees have to intervene while equipment is running, a safe technical solution is needed – and lone working requires a monitoring concept.

Relevance to training and awareness

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.

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

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