Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
Two companies have been fined a total of $400,000 after two workers were killed and four others critically injured when a section of a building under construction in London, Ont., collapsed.
Blog Post #1702 – Workplace Fatality Results in $115,000 Fine for Ottawa-based Company
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Ottawa Pavemaster, of Ottawa, Ontario, a construction company that performs asphalt paving, was fatally injured by a truck that was backing up. The company failed to ensure the driver of the truck was assisted by a signaller contrary to Section 104(3) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, an offence under Section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Section 25(1)(c) of the Act states that “an employer shall ensure, that the measures and procedures prescribed are carried out in the workplace.”
Blog Post #1698 – Quebec-based Construction Company Fined $65,000 After Worker Injury
Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Bellai Alliance Floor Finishing Ltd. of Gatineau, Quebec (formerly Bellai Bros. Construction), was injured by a swinging peri box that was rigged to a tower crane. Bellai Alliance Floor Finishing Ltd. failed to ensure that the measures and procedures required by section 179(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Ontario Health and Safety Act.
Blog Post #1696 – Foreman Acquitted of Criminal Charge in Death of Worker Who Fell During Store Construction
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
Jeff Gooch, a construction site foreman, has been acquitted of criminal negligence causing the death of one of his workers by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.