Thursday, June 12, 2014
Local Canadian shipping company faces charges related to crew death
Halifax firm Miller Shipping was charged in in provincial court in connection with the death last year of a tugboat crewmember.
The man died after a towline snapped and struck him while The Western Tugger was towing a barge loaded with steel bars, 70 kilometers southeast of Burgeo.
The company faces several counts under the Canada Labour Code, including breaches resulting in death or injury, failing to ensure that each employee is aware of health and safety hazards, failing to make sure supervisors are adequately trained in health and safety, and failing to develop a prescribed program for the prevention of hazards in the work place.
For more of the Telegram story: thetelegram.com
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