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Nova Scotia company fined $80,000 after worker dies in scaffolding collapse - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

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A Nova Scotia excavation company has been fined $ 80,000 after a worker died when scaffolding collapsed on one of its job sites.

Jeff MacDonald , a self-employed electrician, was near the top of the structure when it collapsed on Dec. 9, 2020 , though the exact height is unknown.

The sentence was delivered after the excavation company was earlier found guilty of an infraction under the province's Occupational Health and Safety Act .

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