Report blames worker's death on 'unsuitable' sand pit wall
The wall of a sand pit at a western Quebec quarry was geotechnically "unsuitable" for the way it was being used and collapsed in 2018, burying an excavator and killing the worker trapped inside, according to an investigation by Quebec's workplace standards, equity, health and safety commission.
The wall of a sand pit at a western Quebec quarry was geotechnically "unsuitable" for the way it was being used and collapsed in 2018, burying an excavator and killing the worker trapped inside, according to an investigation by Quebec's workplace standards, equity, health and safety commission.
