SUDBURY, ONT. – Underground mining company DMC Mining Services Ltd. of Vancouver has been fined more than $130,000 after a worker was injured at the Victoria Mine, which is approximately 35 kilometres west of Sudbury.
On Oct. 22, 2024, three workers were removing an extra power cable from the wall of a mine shaft while working on a suspended platform.
According to an Ontario court bulletin, 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 and resulting in an injury.
A Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation found 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.
As a result, DMC Mining Services Ltd. did not take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker, contrary to clause  of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Following a guilty plea in the Ontario Provincial Offences Court in Sudbury on Dec. 8, 2025, the company was fined $135,000 by Her Worship Sharon Ashick.
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