US EditionEastway Tank Owner Charged in 2022 Explosion that Killed 6 at Ottawa Business
Neil Greene faces six criminal negligence charges after a 2022 explosion killed six employees; he and his company previously paid $850,000 in fines for safety violations.
- On January 13, 2022, an explosion at a company located on Merivale Road in Ottawa resulted in the deaths of six workers and caused serious injuries to another employee.
- The explosion partly resulted from test fuel contaminated with gasoline used during routine leak checks on newly built tanker trucks.
- Eastway Tank and its owner Neil Greene, 51, were found guilty of violating provincial occupational health and safety regulations by neglecting to implement adequate safety measures linked to the explosion.
- In April 2024, Eastway Tank admitted guilt to a pair of offences and was ordered to pay a $600,000 fine along with a 25% victim surcharge, whereas Greene acknowledged responsibility for a single offence and received an $80,000 fine plus the same surcharge.
- Greene has been released on bail and is scheduled to appear in court in October 2025; his legal team maintains there is no valid justification for the criminal negligence allegations and emphasizes that community sentiment cannot replace factual proof.
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Company owner charged in 2022 Merivale explosion that killed six
Ottawa police laid several charges against a man in connection with the 2022 explosion at a commercial business in the nation’s capital, after years of investigating. Officials are charging Neil Greene, 51, of Ottawa with criminal negligence causing death (six counts) and criminal negligence causing bodily harm (one count). He is the owner and director […]
Ottawa tanker-truck company owner criminally charged in 2022 fatal bast - OHS Canada Magazine
The owner of an Ottawa tanker-truck company is facing criminal charges for his alleged role in a 2022 explosion that killed six workers and seriously injured a seventh. Ottawa police say 51-year-old Neil Greene is facing six counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. The criminal charges come a year after Greene and the company were convicted of provincial health and safety offences for …
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Ottawa tanker-truck company owner criminally charged in 2022 fatal bast
The owner of an Ottawa tanker-truck company is facing criminal charges for his alleged role in a 2022 explosion that killed six workers and seriously injured a seventh.
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Eastway owner charged with negligence causing death in explosion that killed 6
More than three and a half years after six people were killed in one of the deadliest workplace incidents in Ottawa's history — a 2022 explosion at an Ottawa tank truck manufacturing facility — Ottawa police have laid criminal charges against the company's owner, Neil Greene.
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