Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Orin Contractors Corp. of Concord, Ontario, a contractor providing municipal construction. was killed when the scoop bucket attachment on an excavator fell on the worker. A hydraulic coupler attached to the excavator was operated in a manner that was not in accordance with the bucket attachment procedure in the operating manual.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Kurtis Smith Excavating Inc., a sewer and watermain contractor from Brussels, Ontario was killed when a 1,600-pound bollard made of steel and cement fell into an excavation and struck a worker on May 30, 2018.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (August 2014)
The death of a pipelayer in a trench two years ago is under review by the RCMP, following an investigation by WorkSafeBC.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An excavator came into contact with energized wires when its boom was lifted; workers were present.