Some who have been following the case of Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter where six workers died in an explosion two years ago say the penalty the company was dealt Friday doesn't go far enough.
The company at the centre of one of the deadliest workplace incidents in Ottawa has pleaded guilty to two charges, while the owner of the company has pleaded guilty to one.
The families of some of the workers killed in Ottawa's deadliest workplace incident in decades say the penalty meted out on Friday should include jail time.
The partner of one of the six workers killed in the January 2022 explosion at Ottawa's Eastway, Tank Pump and Meter hopes a trial slated to begin in March provides answers about why he never made it home again.
Ron Hill was helping his boss with roofwork when he was struck by a piece of machinery and fell nearly four metres to his death. Now the Outaouais man's family and former colleagues are speaking out in the hopes of learning more about his final moments and sparing other workers the same fate.