Summary
Police have ruled out foul play in the death of Gursimran Kaur, a 19-year-old Walmart employee found dead in a walk-in bakery oven at a Halifax, Canada, store on October 19.
After interviews, video reviews, and collaboration with labor and medical officials, investigators concluded no one else was involved.
Kaur’s mother, also a Walmart employee, discovered her daughter after a frantic search.
The store remains closed, and the oven is being removed. Workplace safety officials are now leading the investigation.
It just means the punishment is money, not jail. That’s what it really means. Companies can kill people with negligence and pay money. People that kill people with negligence go to jail. And also pay money.
Canada’s labour laws work different than America’s. All workplace deaths are investigated by a provincial worker’s comp and charges are laid under their statutes. Monetary compensation is set by those statutes as well.
Afaik families rarely sue for workplace deaths/injuries, although I’m unsure if it is forbidden under the Workplace Health and Safety Act.