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After five days, dangerous conditions permanently ended the search for the missing 11 at Westray.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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Since the law took effect in 2004 in Canada, thousands of workers have been killed on the job, but prosecutors have used the Westray Act to press charges against managers fewer than a half dozen times.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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Methane detection equipment at Westray was illegally foiled in the interests of production.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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In response, the United Steelworkers, who were certified to represent the Westray miners after the explosion, began pressing for a new law that would make it easier for prosecutors to hold managers criminally accountable for recklessly endangering workers.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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Indeed, management at Westray displayed a certain disdain for safety and appeared to regard safety-conscious workers as wimps in the organization.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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It took a decade and several attempts, but in 2003 Parliament passed the Westray bill unanimously.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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As at Upper Big Branch, a coal dust and methane explosion ripped through the Westray mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia early in the morning.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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Nova Scotia empanelled a commission to investigate the Westray Mine catastrophe, and it issued a report in November, 1997 entitled, The Westray Story: A Predictable Path to Disaster.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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Prosecutors criminally charged Westray mine managers, but the case failed.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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Westray management failed in this primary responsibility, and the significance of that failure cannot be mitigated or diluted simply because others were derelict in their responsibility.
An Enduring Memorial for Slaughtered Miners: Criminal Liability for Reckless Owners 2010
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