Glencore Fined In Death Of A Worker At Nickel Rim South Mine

Glencore Canada Corporation has been fined 200 thousand dollars in the death of a Sudbury worker in October 2015.

The incident took place at the Nickel Rim South Mine when a worker operating a machine known as a load haul dump was ejected from the machine and run over by one of the vehicles tires.

A joint investigation between the Ministry of Labour, union and Glencore staff representatives determined the worker was not wearing at seatbelt when the machine hit a wall, and while the worker still would have been injured if wearing a seatbelt. he likely would not have been killed.

Glencore pleaded guilty to failure to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker.

The case was in Sudbury court on August 28th.