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Safety, workplace & environmental records

Safety-related XCMG records, with factory working conditions distinguished from allegations about equipment supplied to a dealer.

In plain language: Start with the summary, then open the records that answer your question. Check who supplied each fact, when it was checked and what remains unknown.

How these records fit together

The Brazilian prosecutor announcement concerns factory machines and workplace programs. The Canadian trustee response summarizes dealer allegations. Neither source establishes a group-wide equipment failure rate.

Related court documents

These records concern separate proceedings unless their case identifiers match. Claims and responses retain their own filing and outcome limits.

D004 / Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry
First PDF page of D004 — Artic Machinery — notice of civil claim S-261878
FIRST PAGE · D004 · PDF page 1 · supplied copy

Artic Machinery — notice of civil claim S-261878

Plaintiff pleading

Artic Machinery alleges equipment defects, unpaid warranty support and serial-plate misrepresentations in S-261878. The pleading also recounts XCMG Canada’s process-error explanation. These are pleaded positions, not findings.

S-261878 · 2026-03-13 · Filed initiating pleading evidenced by supplied copy; underlying claims unadjudicated here. · 24 PDF pages

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D006 / Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
First PDF page of D006 — Certified Mining — Saskatchewan statement of claim
FIRST PAGE · D006 · PDF page 1 · supplied copy

Certified Mining — Saskatchewan statement of claim

Plaintiff pleading

Saskatoon dealer Certified alleges product defects, warranty and parts/software support failures, and manufacturing-year misrepresentations through serial plates. The pleading anticipates losses exceeding $1.5million; final relief amounts are to be determined at trial.

KBG-SA-897-2026 · 2026-07-21 · Issued date shown in scanned court form · 11 PDF pages

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D007 / Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Hamilton
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James Kurtz — supplied Word statement of claim

Draft / filing unverified

James Kurtz alleges that XCMG Canada dismissed him in October 2024 in retaliation for raising concerns about altered equipment serial plates. His supplied draft claim seeks compensation and additional damages. In a July 9, 2026 defence bearing Ontario court file CV-26-00094941-0000, XCMG Canada denies retaliation and says the dismissal arose from performance, conduct and confidentiality issues. The company says it investigated the reported safety concern and took corrective action. These are opposing pleadings; no judgment or merits finding was supplied, and the draft claim's issuance and exact filed version remain unverified.

Blank in this copy; related defence CV-26-00094941-0000 · 2026-05-01 · Draft or unverified filing copy: court file number, issuance date and registrar fields are blank. Filename date is not the issue or filing date. · Word document

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D008 / Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Hamilton
First PDF page of D008 — XCMG Canada — statement of defence in the Kurtz dispute
FIRST PAGE · D008 · PDF page 1 · supplied copy

XCMG Canada — statement of defence in the Kurtz dispute

Defence pleading

James Kurtz alleges that XCMG Canada dismissed him in October 2024 in retaliation for raising concerns about altered equipment serial plates. His supplied draft claim seeks compensation and additional damages. In a July 9, 2026 defence bearing Ontario court file CV-26-00094941-0000, XCMG Canada denies retaliation and says the dismissal arose from performance, conduct and confidentiality issues. The company says it investigated the reported safety concern and took corrective action. These are opposing pleadings; no judgment or merits finding was supplied, and the draft claim's issuance and exact filed version remain unverified.

CV-26-00094941-0000 · 2026-07-09 · Dated defence with court file number. No independent registry confirmation or filing endorsement established from the supplied record; do not report July 9 as verified filing date. · 11 PDF pages

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D012 / WorkSafeBC, Prevention Services Division
First PDF page of D012 — WorkSafeBC inspection report: ANT Rentals XCMG XG4047DC lifts
FIRST PAGE · D012 · PDF page 1 · supplied copy

WorkSafeBC inspection report: ANT Rentals XCMG XG4047DC lifts

Regulator inspection report

WorkSafeBC found that 27 XCMG XG4047DC lifts that ANT Rentals bought as 2024 units were built in 2021, and that their original serial plates had been replaced. It ordered ANT Rentals to stop supplying them. The orders are directed at ANT Rentals.

WorkSafeBC IR 202616635986A · 2026-03-17 inspection · Report delivered April 7, 2026 by email. Two orders outstanding at printing. · 6 PDF pages

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D013 / WorkSafeBC, Prevention Services Division
First PDF page of D013 — WorkSafeBC inspection report: ANT Rentals Genie lifts
FIRST PAGE · D013 · PDF page 1 · supplied copy

WorkSafeBC inspection report: ANT Rentals Genie lifts

Regulator inspection report

In the same WorkSafeBC investigation, 18 of 27 Genie lifts in ANT Rentals’ fleet were found not to meet CSA or ANSI standards, with evidence that serial plates had been altered or replaced. This report concerns Genie equipment, not XCMG machines.

WorkSafeBC IR 202616635985A · 2026-03-17 inspection · Report delivered April 13, 2026 by email. Two orders outstanding at printing. · 6 PDF pages

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D014 / Alberta Occupational Health and Safety
First PDF page of D014 — Alberta OHS stop-use and stop-work orders at XCMG Canada sites
FIRST PAGE · D014 · PDF page 1 · supplied copy

Alberta OHS stop-use and stop-work orders at XCMG Canada sites

Regulator contact reports and orders

Alberta OHS tagged nine XCMG units at two XCMG Canada sites with stop-use orders over missing or unreadable stamped VINs and plate-year mismatches. A March 19 stop-work order at the storage yard was recorded as complied with on March 20. These are safety orders, not findings of fraud.

OHS-328257 / OHS-331802 · 2026-03-19 to 2026-03-23 · Inspections March 19 and 20; reports delivered March 20 and March 23, 2026. Scanned copy without a text layer. · 11 PDF pages

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D019 / XCMG Canada internal correspondence (supplied copy)
First PDF page of D019 — Jim Kurtz email to XCMG Canada CEO about manufacturing dates
FIRST PAGE · D019 · PDF page 1 · privacy-redacted supplied-copy preview

Jim Kurtz email to XCMG Canada CEO about manufacturing dates

Internal email / sender-reported concern

In an email dated October 11, 2024, Jim Kurtz reported concerns to XCMG Canada’s CEO about manufacturing dates shown on serial plates for certain lifts and possible effects on inspection timing. These are sender-reported concerns, not findings; the supplied copy has not been independently authenticated.

No case number · email dated 2024-10-11 · 2024-10-11 · Date and time shown in the supplied email copy; transmission and completeness not independently authenticated. · 1 PDF pages

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Media and related records

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Documents behind this guide

Brazil workplace-safety civil action announcement

Complete substantive announcement read. Enforcement-party account; complaint and interim order not independently obtained. Translation is AI-assisted, not qualified legal translation.

Trustee report on Artic Machinery proposal

Selected extracted pages reviewed, including paras.15–18. Trustee reports an injunction; underlying injunction order not obtained.

Artic Machinery Ltd: Application Response of Proposal Trustee

Verified original PDF through web; relevant factual and litigation-position sections reviewed. Paras 1–4, 9–12, 16–19, 24, 30–39. Counsel submissions are disputed litigation positions, not judicial findings. Pleaded unsafe-equipment, misrepresentation and corporate-separateness allegations remain allegations.

Artic Machinery Ltd: corporate engagement and filed documents

Verified public trustee page through web and browser. Overview and linked September 29 proposal, September 29 application response, October 1 Fifth Report. A future scheduled hearing is not a disposition.

Artic Machinery — notice of civil claim S-261878

User-supplied copy received 6 October 2026; not independently authenticated against the court registry. Pleadings record allegations and requested relief; no merits ruling or damages award is supplied. Caption confirms Artic (not OCR 'Artie'). Do not publish pleaded corporate ownership/control as established fact. The greater than 500-unit estimate differs from D001's greater than 100 swaps; these are plaintiffs' different pleaded estimates, not separate confirmed affected-unit totals.

Artic Machinery Ltd: Proposal Trustee's Fifth Report to Court

Original downloaded via trustee browser link; main report pages 1–18 fully reviewed, selected relevant pages visually inspected; appendices selectively reviewed. Paras 9–13, 22–28, 38–43, 44–52, 59–66; pages 6, 10–11, 17–18. Trustee report is primary evidence of its report and recommendation; it is not the underlying September 4 order or a court ruling approving the proposal. Paras 32–35 explain reliance on unaudited company information. XCMG opposition is recorded fairly in paras 59–61 and its April 29 counsel letter appendix F. No October 7 result yet exists as of this review. Additionally reviewed company proposal Schedule A, actual PDF pp.103–104 (printed pp.22–23): equipment, warranty and serial-year allegations, with the explicit statement that XCMG disputes the claim and intends to defend. No exact models are stated in that schedule.

Artic Machinery Ltd: Second Further Amended Proposal dated September 29, 2026

Original downloaded; largely scanned 55-page document. Terms verified principally against Fifth Report and its searchable blackline appendix rather than complete OCR of this copy. . Do not describe September 29 as filing date; do not infer sanction from execution or inspector approval.

Chinese state-owned XCMG facing lawsuits alleging it defrauded Canadian equipment dealers

Full publisher article read on 18 October 2026 (posted October 16, 2026, 9:35 pm). Quotes Ryan Martin at the Vancouver law courts and an XCMG Canada statement to Global News. The article spells the company "Arctic Machinery"; court and insolvency records use "Artic Machinery". Dealer allegations are not court findings. The article does not say whether Martin spoke in court or to reporters.

Funcionário morre em acidente de trabalho na XCMG em Pouso Alegre

Original report body and attributed company statement read. Reports a fatal factory incident and two injured people. Police/emergency descriptions and company comments are reporting, not an official final cause, fault or product-defect determination. Qualified Portuguese translation review pending.

Ato na XCMG pede mais segurança e tem homenagem a trabalhador morto em serviço

Original report read. Publisher displays 7 October, correcting 8 October in the intake. Reports a union/company meeting and announced ambulance/safety-committee measures; implementation and long-term results not independently established.

CUT denuncia descaso e cobra ações contra mortes em fábricas da Gerdau e XCMG

Union advocacy article read; describes inspection requests and its own concerns. Not a regulator decision. Broader statistics and allegations about other factories are not adopted here.

Manifesto e homenagem na XCMG após morte de trabalhador em acidente na empresa

Local memorial and company-response reporting. Text reviewed; linked video not reviewed. Do not invent the content of the spokesperson’s recorded remarks or treat this as a completed safety investigation.

Parecer 49/SEMAD/SUPRAM SUL-DRRA/2023, XCMG Brasil Indústria Ltda.

Original 29-page PDF retrieved; relevant history, compliance, process and conclusion sections reviewed. Section 8 and section 9, PDF pp 20–23; section 10, p 23; certificate-linked SEI documents 62253132 and 62254485. No amount of penalty, final infraction appeal or payment outcome established. This is a licensing opinion and must be paired with final licensing disposition.

XCMG Brasil Indústria Ltda. final environmental licensing index

Verified original official index. . Selected source scope only; later developments not reviewed.

Certificado 3762: Licenciamento Ambiental Concomitante, XCMG Brasil

Both original PDF pages reviewed; first page visually inspected. Page 1 grant, date and validity; page 2 conditions tied expressly to Opinion 49. Licence grant does not establish cancellation or resolution of historical infraction notices.