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Westray Mine Explosion 1992
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Government inspectors, who avoided certain safety issues like; inadequate ventilation designs, detached methane detectors, unauthorized and risky mine layout and a lack of safety training. There were a total of 26 men working the last couple hours of their four – day shift. All 26 men died, as the fireball and explosion destroyed the mine.
At 5:18 a.m. On May 9th, 1992, a sudden outburst of methane gas escaped from the Foord coal seam and broke out into a series of flames. Within seconds, a huge fireball rushed through the mine, mixing with coal dust that later exploded. From the beginning of the mine operations in 1991, the whole idea seemed to be dangerous, to the people and the environment.
This tragedy resulted in a 30 million dollar lawsuit against the company but it was thrown out by the Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court ruling that they were protected by the workers compensation Act from lawsuits. The miners who were not killed in the blast were given $1.2 million in damages. The Westray explosion brought fought a federal law that applied new laws attributing criminal liability to corporations and representatives when workers are injured or killed on the job.
This is new legislation is known as the “Westray Bill”.
The Westray Bill was passed on November 7th, 2003. thousands of workers, every year become sick and/or die from injuries endured in the workplace. The Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act permits individuals to be fined a maximum of $ 25,000, or a year in prison. Corporations are to be fined up to $ 500,000, and a Criminal Code conviction of criminal negligence, causing death, is a life sentence.
Westray Mine Explosion 1992
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