On June 6, 51-year-old welder Quoc Le died at a railcar assembly plant in Hamilton, ON, Canada, after a 1-ton bulkhead fell on him. Shockingly, it was the third fatal accident at the factory, which is owned by National Steel Car, in the past 21 months.
Not surprisingly, the United Steelworkers Union (USW), which represents some 1,400 workers at the factory, is none too happy. National Steel Car has “the worst health and safety record of any workplace in Ontario,” writes Myles Sullivan, the union’s Ontario and Atlantic director, in a letter to Monte McNaughton, the minister of labor, training and skills development in Ontario.