Teen’s preventable death ‘shamed’ Shercom Industries into making safety fixes, says judge
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Teen's preventable death 'shamed' Shercom Industries into making safety fixes, says judge
Jan 13, 2018
JMJ is guided by the value of caring and respecting people, as every human being has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. As an agent of change, we transform companies whether their employees are in the boardroom or on a construction site, making safety paramount.
Just 10 days before Cade Sprackman died after getting caught in a shredder at Shercom Industries' tire recycling plant north of Saskatoon, another worker was injured at the same workstation. But the company did not replace the jam-prone shredder, or add an emergency stop cable, until after the January 2015 death of the recent high school graduate and film school hopeful, according to a legal ruling released Thursday.
JMJ is guided by the value of caring and respecting people, as every human being has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. As an agent of change, we transform companies whether their employees are in the boardroom or on a construction site, making safety paramount.
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Michael co-founded JMJ in 1987 and has more than 25 years of industry and consulting experience. In the early 90’s, Mike developed the firm’s High Performance Projects practice, and has led numerous commercial and government engagements for JMJ, including Bechtel Group’s work during the rebuilding of Kuwait following the 1990-91 war; petroleum and chemical projects for Chevron in the U.S. and Middle East; alignment and leadership development for multi-billion (USD) chemical plants in Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait; and alliance development and project execution for a $3 billion (CD) Shell refinery project in Canada.