A Vancouver-based mining company has been fined $135,000 in connection with a 2024 incident that led to a worker’s injuries.

DMC Mining Services Ltd. pled guilty to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act in Ontario Provincial Offences Court in Sudbury. The firm will also pay a 25 percent victim fine surcharge.

The incident occurred on October 22, 2024 at Victoria Mine, which is approximately 35 kilometres west of Sudbury.

Three workers were removing an extra power cable from the wall of a mine shaft while working on a suspended platform.

The workers, working from the top down, decided to remove the cable by cutting the metal bands securing it to the shaft walls and coiling the cable on the platform.

To make room on the platform, one worker stood inside the coiled cable, creating a pinching hazard.

As they were finishing the task, the free end of the cable fell below the platform, causing the coil to tighten around the worker.

The worker was injured as a result.

An investigation by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development found that the company did not ensure workers removed the cable in a way that reduced risk—starting from the bottom to the top and without standing inside the coiled cable.

DMC Mining Services Ltd. was found not to have taken every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker.