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Company fined after worker dies in industrial accident

A diamond drilling company has been fined $200,000 after one of its workers was killed by a falling tree near a Timmins mine site.  The man was using a bulldozer to get to a parking lot when he stepped out of the unit and was hit by the falling tree.  The tree, which was dead, weighed one ton.  A court found Orbit Garant Drilling found guilty of failing to reasonably protect its workers.  The worker was headed to his vehicle after his shift which was several kilometres away on a pathway that was soft and muddy.   The fatal accident happened June 25th, 2014

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