Wells says proper guarding mechanisms have since been installed on the machinery in question as well as other pieces of equipment at the Hamilton site. But there’s still been more accidents at the location since Moore’s death according to Wells.
“We’ve had a few serious incidents since then…luckily no one was killed, but there were some fairly serious injuries,” reveals Well, who describes one incident at the same facility involving a remote crane that malfunctioned injuring two employees. “They had some fairly serious injuries.”
While Moore’s death was the first fatal incident at Stelco’s plant in Hamilton in 18 years, it’s not the first for Stelco in Ontario. Gabriel Cabral, a 32-year-old sheet metal worker died in May 2023, three weeks after suffering burns to 70 percent of his body while doing his job at Stelco’s Lake Erie Works.
“It’s an ongoing battle to make sure our members are safe at work,” says Wells, who believes Stelco does take health and safety seriously, “but we probably take it more serious…we’re not worried about profits before safety.”
Wells questions whether Stelco, a company valued at $2.2 billion,…
