The CAW health and safety department has gone to Nova Scotia to meet with our local leadership to help to ensure that similar incidents do not reoccur. The results of the Sudbury coroner's inquest in the fatality of Brother Walter Boeswald confirmed the recommendations of CAW Local 598. The coroner's jury submitted 19 recommendations, among them recommending that the seven day production schedule be reviewed to minimize stress hazards related to the number of consecutive days worked. Brother Boeswald often worked double shifts and had worked six and eight day straight shifts in a row. The jury pointed out Falconbridge's training deficiencies.
Mining regulations require that all miners receive proper specialized training.
The department would like to thank L. 598 President Rolly Gauthier and L. 598 past President Rick Briggs for handling this inquest. Brother Moroz was an electrician who was repairing a monorail using a cage set up on a forklift. When the cage was being lowered, the cage fell off the forklift. Brother Moroz fell about 7 meters. The cage crushed his head.