Lac Des Illes has been fined $365,000 after separate incidents killed one worker and injured another.
Pascal Goulet, 38, was killed instantly on July 10, 2014 while on shift underground at the mine when he was struck and crushed by a run of muck or rock outside his loader. The company was fined $300,000 Tuesday in provincial offences court, found guilty of failing to ensure that written safety precautions and procedures were established and followed to prevent a worker from being outside of a loader while ahead of the safe-limit line.
On Feb. 22, 2014 another worker was trapped in an excavator after a larger amount of material fell on it. The worker was rescued by mine staff after two hours and suffered leg and hand injuries. The company was fined $65,000 for that incident Tuesday, guilty of failing to ensure that a stockpile of unconsolidated material was made safe before a worker was allowed to work close or on top of the stockpile.
Both charges come under Mining and Mining Plants Regulation.
The Ministry of Labour also issued a number of order to the company. A 25 per cent victim surcharge fine was also handed out.
