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WorkSafeBC releases mushroom farm investigation report
Richmond B.C. — WorkSafeBC has released a report on its investigation into the workplace incident in which three workers died and two others were seriously injured at a mushroom composting facility in Langley, B.C., on Sept. 5, 2008. The investigation into this incident has probably been the most complex in WorkSafeBC’s history and required significant resources and highly technical expertise, according to WorkSafeBC. It took months to access key areas of the worksite, many more months to fully understand the industrial process involved and the chronology of events and decisions over a five year period that played a role in the incident that ultimately resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. In May 2010, WorkSafeBC referred this investigation to the attorney general who proceeded with a prosecution under the Workers Compensation Act.
