Atlantic Minerals pleads not guilty after worker s death at Port au Port quarry
The company is headed to trial for numerous charges under Newfoundland and Labrador s Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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Posted: Jan 22, 2021 2:00 PM NT | Last Updated: January 22
Atlantic Minerals faces 10 charges, all violations of the province s Occupational Health and Safety Act.(Courtesy Atlantic Minerals Limited)
A company that runs a limestone quarry on Newfoundland s Port au Port Peninsula is headed to trial, after pleading not guilty to numerous charges surrounding the 2018 death of one of its workers.
A lawyer for Atlantic Minerals entered not guilty pleas in Stephenville provincial court Friday to all 10 charges the company faces under the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act, including failing to provide workplace procedures and failing to ensure safe workplace procedures were followed.
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