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Lakeland inquest concludes with 33 recommendations

May 15, 2015
By B.C. Ministry of Justice

May 15, 2015 - A coroner’s jury has made 33 recommendations aimed at preventing future tragedies like the explosion that rocked the Lakeland sawmill in Prince George, B.C., in 2012, killing two workers. 

After deliberating for approximately eight hours, the five-person jury ruled the deaths of Glenn Roche and Allan Little to be accidental.

The recommendations are directed to a wide variety of agencies including WorkSafeBC, the RCMP, the Steelworkers Union, the mill owners, and the ministries of justice and of jobs, tourism and skills training and responsible for labour. READ FULL ARTICLE.


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