Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
One worker was killed and another seriously injured when anchor plates being used in the construction of a bridge girder slid from their supports and failed, striking the workers. The employer was Pre-stressed Systems Inc. (PSI Inc.), of Windsor, Ontario, a manufacturer of pre-stressed and pre-cast concrete products.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by SL Marketing, Orillia, Ontario suffered a non-life-threatening injury when a concrete structure collapsed on top of the worker’s excavator.
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.