Sudbury

Vale and DMC Mining Services charged after Sudbury worker is critically injured

A Sudbury mining giant and one of its contractors have been charged after a worker was critically injured in 2019.

Injury happened in August 2019, but charges not laid until January 2021

Vale and DMC Mining Services were both charged following a critical injury of a worker at the Copper Cliff South mine in 2019, but charges against Vale were dropped. (Erik White/CBC)

A Sudbury mining giant and one of its contractors have been charged after a worker was critically injured in 2019. 

On August 7, 2019 an employee of DMC Mining Services was hit by loose rock in Vale's Copper Cliff South Mine.

In January 2021, the Ministry of Labour charged the two companies and two individuals with offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. 

They are scheduled to make their first court appearance in April. 

 

 

 

 

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Erik White is a CBC journalist based in Sudbury. He covers a wide range of stories about northern Ontario. Send story ideas to erik.white@cbc.ca