Roll-Over Accident Costs Worker His Life and His Employer $200,000

A mine worker operating a self-contained hydraulic track drill equipped with steel tracks for movement lost his life as a result of injuries sustained in a roll-over accident while scaling the sides of a quarry. MOL inspectors determined that the steel tracks didn’t provide sufficient traction to prevent sliding and that the drill rig wasn’t equipped with a gauge or monitoring guide notifying the operator of the degree of the slope. The employer was fined $200,000 plus a 25% victim’s surcharge after pleading guilty to an OHS offence [Consbec Inc., MOL Press Release, October 19, 2021].