At an excavation at a residence on Pine Crescent in Toronto, a worker was killed when an excavated dirt wall collapsed due to lack of support. The employer, SMID Construction Ltd., a general construction contractor out of Ajax, Ontario, was convicted on June 21, 2018.
Month: February 2020
Blog Post #1124 – Windsor Contracting Company Fined $75,000 After Worker Critically Injured
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On October 28, 2016, a beam being lifted into the air became unbalanced and slid, striking one of the workers and causing critical injuries to the worker. The accident occurred at the Service Mold + Aerospace Inc.’s plant in Windsor, Ontario, where the worker’s employer, CMF Group Inc., was installing new milling machines.
Blog Post #1123 – Meat Processing Company, Cleaning Service Both Fined in Worker Injury in Toronto
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On January 20, 2017, a worker, employed by Betts Cleaning Specialists Ltd., was cleaning a mixer/grinder machine and was critically injured by the partly-disassembled machine at the Belmont Meat Products Ltd., a meat processor in Toronto, Ontario.